Part 1: Astrology of the Lights ................. 21
The Sun ...............................................................22 The Moon .............................................................25

The Lights: The Sun and Moon ................ 28
What Sign are You? .............................................29 The Moon .............................................................30 The Moon as Our Mother .....................................31 The Moon as Our Child ........................................32 Gazing at the Moon..............................................33 The Moon and Memory ........................................34 Growing Out of the Group ....................................35 Mother and Child..................................................36 The Sun ...............................................................38 The Self an Father ...............................................39 The Sun and Moon ..............................................41

Our Self and Sun ....................................... 43
The Sun as Self ...................................................44 The Western Sun/Self ..........................................45 The Essential Self ................................................46 The Self in the East ..............................................48 Eastern Psychology .............................................49 Seeing the Self .....................................................51 Pointing Out the Mind ..........................................52 Are You Your Self? ..............................................54 Sunrise in the East ...............................................56 The Concept of the Self .......................................58 Beyond the Heart Center or Sun ..........................60 Earth or Heart Center ...........................................62 The Inner Self and Sun ........................................63

Part 2: The Esoteric Tradition .................. 67
Separating from the Moon....................................68 5

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights The Phoenix .........................................................69 Individuation .........................................................70

The Saturn Return .................................... 72
The Moon is Unborn ............................................74 The Conversion....................................................75 The Sun is Blinding ..............................................77 The Older and the Younger..................................78 The Moon as Feelings .........................................80 One, Not Two .......................................................81

Some Time in the Sphere of the Moon .. 105
The Matrix of Womb ...........................................106 Feelings and Intuition .........................................107 Proper Distance .................................................109 The Placenta is Born ..........................................110

The Shining ............................................. 112
The Aggregate of the Sun ..................................113 Awakening to the Sun ........................................114 More than a Shell ...............................................115 The Day of Our Death ........................................117 Beyond the Prime ..............................................118 6

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Who You Are......................................................120 The End of Life...................................................121 The Straighter the Line ......................................122 The Eternal Self .................................................123 It is An All Youth.................................................125

The Sun is Shining.................................. 127
A Generation is 30 Years ...................................128 All the Difference in the World............................129 Witness to Life ...................................................130 Times of Search and Return for All Ages. ..........132 The Limits of Life ................................................133 Circulation at the Limits ......................................134

The Passage of Saturn ........................... 135
What Is Initiation? ..............................................136 This Is It! ............................................................138 Eternity is Now ...................................................139 Saturn is the Physical ........................................140 Endless Combinations .......................................141 Saturn is Time ....................................................143 Saturn: Muladhara Chakra .................................144 Putting Off Life ...................................................146 The White Noise of Age .....................................147 The Shape of Things to Come ...........................148 The Personality ..................................................149 Ordering of Chaos..............................................151 The Single Generation .......................................152 Everlasting Life ..................................................154 A Limit of 30 Years.............................................155 The Generation Gap ..........................................156 Lie the Snake Shedding Its Skin ........................157

Eclipses ................................................... 182
The Vision of the Eclipse ...................................183

The Lunation Cycle: East and West ...... 185
East and West....................................................186 Gaps in the Clouds ............................................187 The Thirty Lunar Days .......................................188 The Four Quarters .............................................190 Protector Days ...................................................191 Days of Observation ..........................................193 Health and Healing ............................................194 Purification Days ................................................195 Insight Moments.................................................196 Open Channels ..................................................198 East and West....................................................199 Summary............................................................201

These three bodies are interdependent. The Moon is said to somehow be both our mother and our child. so this work is about all three bodies. the Moon is an integral part of the Earth system and the Earth an integral part of the Sun or solar system. and the Moon on the other. This book is about the lunar mysteries.
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. We can‟t even speak of an event like the Full Moon (Moon Opposite Sun) without having the Sun on one side. only one of which is a planet – Earth. However. the Moon is perhaps the one most shrouded in mystery. so this book is also about the Earth and the Sun. Of all the celestial bodies. and the Moon-Earth-Sun relationship.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Part 1: Astrology of the Lights
This is a book about the meaning of the Moon in the tradition of astrology. the Earth in the middle.

heads of state. but one of The Lights. It is the ultimate reference point. vital or heart essence. with a capital "S. and life. It is the source of all light. presidents. Authorities. warmth." It has everything to do with what we strive to discover. and is important to us beyond words. husband. especially males.
The Sun The Sun is not a planet. In astrology. The Sun signifies your identity and self.
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and is that part of you that you have not experienced yet. in time. in one's life. teacher. Masculinity Yang Authorities Father Kings Leaders. so the Sun stands for elders. The Earth/Sun represents your Self or identity. The Sun is your own future light shining like a beacon in time. what you look forward to or hope to become in the future. what you will be or become. Officials. and anyone more experienced. The Sun burns brightly before us. In other words. Sun Keywords Self Being. older person authorities or those more experienced in life . showing us ourselves as we can or will be. gurus. This is what you look toward and also look up to. the Sun represents all the changes that still are ahead for you.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights The Sun/Earth always represents the future. and thus your true identify or real self. teachers. Existence Conscious Mind Realization (self) Willpower Will to Live One's Self Objectivity Man.the essence of your future. The Sun. Male. and that which you respect or use as a reference point. all of yourself that you have not yet experienced. but also too hot for us to endure just at the moment. authorities. 23
. is therefore at first usually someone you look up to and respect. often a mentor.

The womb. and back. plus women. some of which we will go into in another section. The Moon reflects the light of the Sun. masses. background. surroundings. Next to the Sun. the public. motherhood. like a great mirror. Also. The Moon signifies the mother and wife. and the tides. the nurturer. your environment. The Moon holds many mysteries. and history. in general. not even a planet. is the caretaker of Earth. fertility. psyche. and womb from which all life arises. lighting up the night of our lives. endlessly redistributing the solar light through her phases. and she spends her time shuttling from inside the earth's orbit to outside. She is the great mother.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Moon The Moon. the Moon is the most important body in the heavens for us. The minds. Also. embryos.
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and supportive in life. and that it is our child because we can remember and easily see younger persons living now. and thus it represents our mother. the Mind . home. our personal past or history. our old habits. The Moon is whatever has nurtured us. It also represents the world of feelings. It rules all memory of our experiences. memory.all meaning. it is said that we can see by the light of the Moon. like motherhood. childhood. nostalgia. surroundings.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights The Moon represents all that is feminine. etc." all those younger souls who are unconscious or 'sub' conscious to our own level. emotions. The Moon is the passive force. and history. because it gave birth to us. in that the Moon helps things to pass and be forgotten. and the entire environment out of which we came or were born. and. including the environment from which we came. and represents all the formative experiences out of which we have just emerged. This is called "looking at the Moon. Moon Keywords Mother Birth Fertile Maternity Womb Female. in the past where we once lived. Femininity Wife Women Yin Receptivity 26
. and said to be both our mother and our child. The Moon is a mystery. The Moon is our parent. family. nourishing. and the past. our support system.

The Earth's central place in all of this is always assumed. we stand on Earth between the Sun and the Moon.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Lights: The Sun and Moon
As mentioned above. At the Full Moon each month. in the tradition of astrology the Sun and Moon are called "The Lights" and we need to read that as Moon-Earth-Sun in every case.
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In other words.” the Sun and the Moon. When we speak of the “The Lights.
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What Sign are You? When we speak of the Sun and the Moon. most references to the Moon." we mean the Sun in the same way we consider Sun signs astrologically. but in relationship with the Sun.the Earth and the Moon as a unit. we always mean the Sun-Earth-Moon relationship .

68 miles beneath the surface of the earth. In fact. from Earth's perspective.060. It is an interesting astronomical fact that. about 1. and its relationship to Earth and the Sun that are interesting and call out for us to explore their esoteric meaning. the lunar orbit.
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The Moon The Moon is really part of the Earth system. This is what makes total eclipses of the Sun possible.

in the sense that we literally form ourselves and arise from within its womb. The Moon is our mother. In this sense. the Moon mothers forth. and text images about life (bodies) arising and issuing forth from the womb of non-manifestation. because (similar to the womb of the Saturn return) everything and every body issues forth or is born from it. Like an endless cornucopia. How then is the Moon our child?
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The Moon as Our Mother In the history of astrology. There are all kinds of historical paintings. the Moon is our mother. from out of the great void. the Moon is our support system. drawings. literally all "stuff" comes forth. it is said that the Moon is a mystery in that it is both our mother and our child. all that nourishes us. The Moon represents the subconscious and un-manifest regions from which all life.

but at some point have been born and begin to separate from the mother. In fact. is something we can remember or look back on. We are an individual. The Moon then. now separate from our mother. we draw around our spirit whatever kind of form or body appropriate. we can see by the light of the Moon. Otherwise. and living on our own. once separated from us.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Moon as Our Child As each of us is born from the Moon stuff. We are no longer part of the great matrix or womb from which we came. it is lost in the darkness of the heavens.
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As we separate from the Moon. the Moon can also overcome or suffocate us." Yes. aside from the place and moment we came forth. looking back at the past where once we were. Looking back on that Moon. I remember Robert Heinlein's science-fiction novel "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. we are looking at where we. we see others. she can be. the process of the Moon giving birth does not end. just as we once did. but instead fall back into her arms. came forth from. In the Western esoteric texts. and in the process of extracting themselves from the womb.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Gazing at the Moon And as we gaze on the Moon. The Moon is the womb from which all things emerge. ourselves. now being formed. if we cease to individuate and move onward. And here is the point: Life is a process. much like we were.
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we can see ourselves young. because we are no longer of the Moon. We remember back to then. In this way. We look back at ourselves. By the light of the Moon. and see younger souls (souls like us) who are now being born. the Moon is our child. The process is ongoing. continuous. always extracting ourselves from our Moon. but we came from that Moon. esoterically speaking. as we once were. and the point is that we not only push forward in our lives.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Moon and Memory I am trying to paint here a word picture. and about where we came from. by the light of the Sun. about the past. we also often gaze upon the Moon. In addition. just as we were.
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and individuation is just what happens in those years. and so on. facial hair. 7th. Those of you reading this who have been through what is called "Middle School. we are socially more a pool or a group than we are yet individuals. but more physically the opposition or halfway point in the first Saturn cycle (15 years of age).Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Growing Out of the Group Perhaps this will be clearer. At that age. and 8th grades know well what a fierce rite of passage that is. we begin to lose our childlike and group-clinging tendency and start to take on some of the characteristics of an adult. like the 6th. As puberty is reached." the intermediate levels of school. we tend to group together. menstrual cycles. if I give an example: As kids. the first Jupiter return at 12 years of age. The intense peer pressure that rules the group mind of the early teens begins to break down as the more 35
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This is a familiar theme. The image that many sculptors have worked with is that of an amorphous mass of clay out of which individual figures are emerging. if we get too close to the past. We emerge from the group mind. differentiate ourselves. As an example from my own life: when I used to return to see my parents. but also see others now as we once were. to the way we were.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights independent souls struggle to leave the group and become individuals. and can look back not only at where we came from. We each go through this birthing process (are born) and we end up as individual adults. If we fall back. wanting to show them all of 36
. sooner or later. we run the risk of getting caught in the Moon mass and stifled.
Mother and Child Perhaps you can see in this image where the idea of the Moon being both our mother and our child comes from. We are gazing at "our" Moon.

" This is what I mean when I say the Moon can suffocate or pull us back into what we have struggled to get out of by individuation. I would often slip-up and get caught up in my old habits with them. resort to stupid arguments. and having them tell me: "See.
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like Icarus. but really we have only presented one half of the equation. We cannot get too close to the Sun or. Just as we pointed out that our life here on Earth needs to keep an appropriate distance from our Moon. it is always the MoonEarth-Sun. less we fall backward. we will be burnt by the solar rays.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Sun Now we have looked a little bit at the mystery of the Moon. and we need to bring the Sun into this discussion. the same is true with the Sun. located at just enough distance from the Moon to remain an individual and just enough distance from the Sun to feel its warmth. but not be burnt up by the solar rays. and the Sun on the other.
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In the tradition of astrology. what we hope to become. the mentor. in general. We come forth from the Moon and we go toward (and eventually into) the Sun. The Sun is also said to represent the Self. By this point. our mother and where we came from.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Self an Father If the Moon represents. When we have finished taking all the changes possible to us. what we will become – our end result. how we will turn out. what we look up to. and. our potential realized. the Sun (our Self) is what remains. the Sun represents the father. and everything about us that is future oriented. you should have the idea that this Moon-Earth-Sun relationship is all about how we are 39
. our future. the one in authority. then the Sun represents the father principle and where we are going. what we will become when all is said and done.

not too far and not too close. We keep our distance from each one. the Moon and the Sun.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights balanced between our past (the Moon) and our future (the Sun). That distance makes life possible. Our life on Earth is always somewhere in the middle of these two extremes.
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we remember and are pulled toward our past. The balanced or middle way is the way of even growth.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Sun and Moon When the Moon is strong. you already know how to examine the positions of the Sun and the Moon in the astrology chart. we put all that behind us and surge toward the future. and remained mired in the past. When the Sun is strong. As astrologers. If the Moon is too strong. too fast. we lose out on our future. coming ever more into our own. their angular separation or phase angle. perhaps getting caught up in reverie and old habits. if we move too far. but perhaps risking burnout. Is the Moon so strong that it keeps one from the future? Is the client drowning in their past? Or is the Sun too strong and scorching the every attempt to get ahead before it can amount to 41
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Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights The Solar Mysteries
Our Self and Sun
In this modern era.” and it is very much a love-hate sort of thing. we are going to school on that. Here in the West. the esoteric traditions of the West and the East are being examined and compared. considered important. I would vote on “central. This difference between these two views. and still is. For the most part. rightly so. Western thinking is becoming aware of Eastern thought and. East and West. the concept of the Self has been. if not central to our thinking.
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At the same time. The Sun. to find or discover our Self. In fact. What is this all about? In modern Western astrology. to not think of our Self too much. virtually in all traditions. we are asked to put the needs of others above those of our own self. And then we wonder about schizophrenia. is considered synonymous with the Sun. but rather to think of others. we are told by almost every spiritual and religious persuasion to not be selfish. exhorted to get to know our Self.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Sun as Self On the one hand we are. from childhood onward. or not think only of our Self. the identifying of the Self (whatever we might agree that is) with the Sun is standard. A legitimate question might be: are we talking here about the Sun as in “sun sign” astrology (where Earth sees the sun in the sign
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The Western Sun/Self The answer in my understanding is: both. This is not so in the East. is who we are in essence. The Sun as the Self is a standard correspondence in Western astrology. and we will get to that in a moment. so most astrological definitions go. For now. The Sun is as much into the future as the Moon represents the past. We will end up there.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights opposite where it is) or are we speaking of that great fiery orb. let‟s say more about this Western astrological identification of the Sun as the Self. after we finish going through all our major changes. our very Self. It is also our goals. what we will become in the future.

we come across no other than our Self. no matter how we try to be unselfish. It would seem that. How can we be asked to find or discover ourselves on one hand. the answer. the essential Self we will (or are trying to) become. And yet. is both. It is our Self that is somehow “in there” and stands like the proverbial guardian on the threshold.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights the “Sun as Self. That is what we have been told to find. we are told not to take our Self too seriously. and to look inward.
The Essential Self I want to return to this dichotomy of the Sun as being who we are in essence. of course. every road of inward discovery leads to our Self. Which is it? Well. and this is the source of the confusion here.” as most of you already know this or can Google it in a few minutes. When we try to find our selves. 46
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Hey. and to try to put thoughts of our Self out of our mind. or at least on the back burner. don‟t be so selfish!
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The flowers from the ground call up to me. For the most part. Moreover. something that has no substantial reality – a phantom. instead. to examine the Self and to see what it is. for that matter. The Self does not play a prominent part in Eastern astrology or. in their psychology or philosophy.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
I Think I Am I have gone to paint the sunrise in the sky. the Self is pegged straight away as an illusion. there is none. To feel the cool of night warm into day. where it does appear. we are told. Instead of being told not to be selfish. For example. Buddhist poetry is filled with images to the effect that the Self is the only 48
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but is (roughly speaking) a particularly ingrained collection of mental habits that we become attached to and continue to identify with. what these philosophers call a “composite. there is no methodology as to how this might be done.
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.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights cloud in the otherwise cloudless sky of our mind. the Self is considered but an illusion. in a very real sense. the Self is equivalent to ignorance – to our ignoring the true nature of the mind. although self-examination is often advised. and is the single greatest factor in our not seeing the true nature of the mind. It is this habitual identification or “identity” that here in the West.
Eastern Psychology In Eastern psychology.” meaning it has no true existence. than a direction. It is more like a punishment. In this tradition.” Only here in the West. we call our “Self.

that is: Self discovery. this same self is considered by many somehow the goal and point of all our inner searching and discovery. We seek to find ourselves. There any number of books out there on how to find ourselves or how to find out true Self. This is not to say that they do not have the experience of what here in the West we call our self. spiritually speaking. but only a stepping stone to actually discovering the true nature of our mind. albeit a rather large stone.
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Seeing the Self I assume that we can agree on how here in the West the Self is enshrined on the one hand. it is a real misfortune that the idea of meditation here in the West amounts to something like relaxation therapy. when thoughts of life after death are involved. This has to be one of the stumbling blocks that keep the concept of a Self so close to us. As I have written in other books. and banned (love of self) on the other. have no personal future. while in the East meditation is a very precise journey into the nature of the mind. This lack of existence of the self has some more important ramifications. by that very token. Yes. step by step. Let‟s look more closely at the Eastern view of the self as a composite. as a composite self can. as something that has no true existence. I covered that earlier. it is true that beginning meditation requires that the mind be quieted or
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but just a preliminary step. thus the popular concept that meditation is (somehow) just relaxation. we can‟t see beyond the endless activity of our mind into its true nature. and this pointing out is considered the next major step in the process of examining the mind or meditation. Calmness is not the primary goal of meditation.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights calmed. There are probably endless ways that the nature of the mind can be pointed out. In other words. but this is not the end result or goal of meditation. the teacher proceeds to give what are called the “pointing out” instructions.
Pointing Out the Mind In the East. until the mind is calm. when the mind is calmed or quieted down. trying to calm down. then the successive steps remain mostly unknown to us.
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but just the next step after the mind is quieted enough to work with. The pointing out is of the stallion.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights And be clear that pointing out the nature of the mind is not the end result of meditation instructions. and is not anything more than that. It is wild-eyed and has never been tamed. The stallion is all covered with dirt and matted hair. much less ride it. A common analogy in the tradition of meditation is that what the teacher points out to the student is like pointing out a wild stallion in a herd running in a field. but just the beginning of real meditation practice. that is not enlightenment. We first have to become aware of the stallion before we can gradually tame it. The teacher points out the stallion and says “This is yours!.
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this great central source of our identification. Who else is there? In other words. and perhaps chief among these obstacles is the ego or Self. but of the various obstacles that impede or block us from knowing the true nature of the mind. This great Self and Sun is shining now in the darkness of our mind. When we think. this sense of Self is just inside the 54
. and yet so schizophrenic about. the very same self that here in the West we are so familiar and enamored with. It is everything we think of and everything (seemingly) we have ever known.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Are You Your Self? The pointing out instructions result in the student becoming aware not only of how wild and unruly the mind is. who we refer to. when we go to look into the true nature of the mind. we think of and with our Self. and who we (as far as we now know) have always been. It is who we think we are.

We can‟t get around it. our Self. So. because we think we ARE what we would be trying to get around. And who you will be will be who you were.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights door waiting for us. Then: Who you are is not who you are or who you will be. who are you?
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accumulated since god knows when. We have become habitually attached to our Self. In fact. at least to the point that we feel that everyone has a self.
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Sunrise in the East Again. At the same time. meaning it is a collection of god knows what. This sense of Self is so ingrained in us that we can‟t just see it for what it is. it distracts us just about all of the time. in the East the Self is said to be nothing but a composite. We can‟t see beyond the self to the true nature of our mind. we can‟t see through or past it. if for no other reason than we think we “are” the Self. and thus all the references to “selfishness. forcing us to consider it as our main focus or filter. because it literally takes all our attention. that we think of as ourselves. we have almost completely identified with it.” etc.

This is not the place to go into it here.
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The Concept of the Self This concept of the Self is a lot like the old game of “Pick-Up-Sticks. Gradually. each stick is removed. all the sticks are removed. the dense nest of our “Self. little by little. and become a tangle. and with a lot of looking at the mind on our part. being careful not to disturb or upset the remaining pile. with sticks pointing every which way. Examining the mind is something like this. stick by stick. but the Self is the chief obscuration that prevents us from seeing that nature. Then.” where a bunch of sticks are tossed on the ground. With the help of a qualified teacher.

is the problem. in general. It hogs our attention. and its endless activity is itself what clouds the mind from true insight. but the point is that what we refer to as our Self is never going to find anything (other than itself). That.
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Beyond My Expectations Looking at the mind. Expectations can‟t define. The Sun is. a quintessential part of astrology. in the East and in the West. ancient or modern. in Tibet. However.

something in front of us. My goal here is to point out something about the nature of the Sun and Self.) you were born in the solunar cycle. that is: the lunar day (solunar angle. although a very convincing illusion indeed. etc.
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Otherwise. as you can imagine. it‟s endless shining shields or blocks our view. the mystery of the MoonEarth-Sun relationship.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Earth or Heart Center Let me try to wrap this up and bring us back to the main material in this book. And. the inner nature of the mind. That same great shining center or Self that warms us by its presence and with which we absolutely identify. we want to take a quick look at this Heart or Earth Center. and have identified our entire lives is also what hides from us all that which is still within us. If we want to explore the inner mysteries. this is not
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I have very little idea of how to work through this great obscuration. I too am standing here staring into the Sun. I am not sure I even want to.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights small task. I have done my very best to point out to you this general nature. Just try it. because like many of you. Try looking at who your self is. I can say this:
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. I too am warmed and thrilled by this Sun. a mind not filtered by or through the Self-Sun. Not easy. almost a complete captive. I cannot instruct you on this. and learn to know the true nature of their mind. which would be the first step.
The Inner Self and Sun And that is why great saints and souls meditate and work through the obscurations in their ego or self. and only beginning to work through it. of course. look at who is reading this sentence.

radiating life and light all ways – everywhere. It is just about everywhere. As busy mid-life people. It is a great shining and yet it nowhere exists.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Consider this great inner Self and Sun. This is the mystery of the Sun. As children.” It is ours. yet it has no true existence. still shining in our inner sky. our very self. Nothing has changed. It is before us. it is behind us. we are almost entirely caught up in the whole process to see anything clearly.
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. yet it is “us. It endlessly shines in the darkness of our mind. As elders. we can but look back to it. we could only look up into it and wait for that day when we could grow into it. but where we are. It is always in our mind.

in turning. The Sun. Every life has a turning point. And we can see our self in them. Perhaps for the very first time. As we reach our point of no return. Grand Sextile Helio A Poem for My Daughter Michael Anne The point of the “point of no return” is that: When you have reached the point of no return. Or in the very midst of life‟s prime. We pause. Where before it was we who were seen. The point is to turn and return. Whether it‟s in the echo of age. And. 2006 2-4 PM. And others seeing.
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. Now we are the mirror in which they see themselves. That is the turning point. In our reflection. we begin to reflect.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights The Point of No Return By Michael Erlewine Feb 14. Then we turn. From which there is no return. And rising into view.

In truth.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights What we once saw shining before us. the Sun. That which we gladly embraced in our prime. Ever burning in the darkness of our life.
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. it is. And still. Is our eternal Self. And what we now see etched in the mirror of reflection. It never will be. What I find harder to understand. That‟s it. It is not now. Shining in the mirror of the mind. as youths. IT NEVER WAS. We never knew it. We don‟t know it now. It never was. Yet still believe is: We didn‟t know it then. I understand this. It still is: This most brilliant illusion.

What follows is a presentation of some of the more esoteric meanings of the Sun-Earth-Moon relationship. like the air we breathe or the life we live. so much a part of who we are that we have no way to keep them in mind.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Part 2: The Esoteric Tradition
What follows is a series of sections on the esoteric or occult meaning of the Sun-Earth-Moon relationship. The occult is what is most obvious to all and thus most easily ignored or overlooked. These concepts are difficult to grasp and hang onto with the mind. The whole concept of the occult speaks not to something secret or hidden. so you may want to skip over them. but to things that are so obvious. but quite another to reach for a still deeper understanding. It is one thing to apply various astrological techniques to our natal chart in a search for interpretations.
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This is the Moon giving birth to us. each individual (Earth) draws his or herself out of and apart from their Moon. the achievement of more definite form. Before this can take place. Think of it as what the adolescent goes through in the puberty years as each person begins to individualize and crystallize out of the group mind and self to which they belong and have grown up in. the undifferentiated mass from which we are each born and emerge. the concept of the Moon as our mother. This contracting away from or distancing ourselves from our Moon (past) is a process akin to crystallization.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
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. there is the contracting to form itself (growing our the body) during our formative years as a child. They individualize.

After the initial fire. phoenix-like. consuming itself (phoenix-like) to continue on in a spiritual form. This individuated body then increases in density (grows) until its mass reaches infinity (prime of life) and then literally bursts into flames. is the adolescent separating state that contracts out of the as yet undifferentiated mass forming a kernel or shell. maybe here is where mars energy (youthful drive) keeps the soul alive until the mystic center catches full fire. our earth body at puberty.
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The Phoenix Before our Saturn return.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights final impact at the Saturn return. we begin rise out of (and through) this our personal cinder. Of course this is one the esoteric or spiritual plane.

the very process of life itself eventually burns away our physical form.
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Individuation In other words. the connecting tissues. freeing us to move from this point onward more freely through denser matter. We find ourselves suddenly much more subtle and. the path or course set by Jupiter for us. rather than are held in the womb of Saturn‟s embrace. within us we sense and find harder and denser objects – denser than we are. we literally emerge and begin to form ourselves from the very chaotic mass of the Moon itself. for the first time. We are being spiritually born.

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ever pushed onward by the relentless driving forces of the next generation waiting in line for their turn. again and again. and always on deeper and deeper levels. for the first time in our experience.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Saturn Return
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. we gradually impact into existence until we literally burst into flames and are consumed. and the pain of existence. we have only worked or grown ever denser into matter. Up to this point (our Saturn return). we (our physical body) begin to be subject to the laws of the physical world. we are more subtle than we are dense. having reached the nadir or densest point (protruding most into existence as a fact). whose very emergence pushes us outward.

looking within. releasing us to slip between the walls of time or Saturn. what is burned first is our physical vehicle or cocoon. As we emerge through this burning.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights shining in the dark field of the valley of the Moon. in that sense) who have not yet seen the flame and who wait working and building their own bodies within the womb of the world. With more room to see. to be consumed and to begin to enter the other side. we begin to find ourselves (to see that we are) surrounded by other less-advanced souls (younger. It is after our Saturn return and the burning of our attachments that we first begin to see and find real sight – insight. from this point every growing more free or subtle.
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The Moon is Unborn But often the fires of time do not burn evenly. For a long time we may not be functioning enough to have started a permanent flame within ourselves. It would smother us now. Like the newborn baby. performs her midwifery. when the fire ebbs and light no longer serves to help the struggling soul into flight. It is here that the Moon. Like a young butterfly. our mother. That is: in response to the idea of further conversion after the initial consummation. yet we cannot return to the world or the dead Moon from whence we came. we are out and have to breathe on our own. we may have to struggle on to remove those last perfectly-made legs. Parts of our self are still attached and will need to be burned away in time.
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In a sense. they share the life.
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. We exchange our guidance and true orientation for energy and life to pursue our own extraction.” That initial thrust or energy we may no longer have. It is by this conversion process that we become whole and free. we remain dependent on the Moon for our energy and light.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Conversion For some time after our birth. that we complete our spiritual unfolding. we live for a time by conversion (conversation). This is a kind of limited purgatory. We share the light. the past. where we remove trace by trace that which holds us to our coffin. This is called “deepening our enlightenment. This is accomplished by a process of exchange with those younger or more dense than ourselves. by the sharing of our experience in consummation with a younger soul still awaiting his or her day and hour.

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights The younger soul uses the interaction with us as guidance for their own eventual emergence. but free and shining alone in the firmament from this point onward. that very light hardens them off and they begin to grow and emerge as the light is shone on him. As we shine what light we have on their life. some small portion of their life energy is streamed or beamed at us. We shine. one day our inner Sun takes hold afire and we begin to burn as a Sun ourselves in the sky. They give us their attention. Beyond this purgatory state. ever working to extricate ourselves from the hold of our own past. when we have deepened our freedom. No longer is it necessary to live in the exchange with our younger brethren. we can use it to piece together further the story of our freedom. giving us an opportunity to pursue various avenues of thought. As we receive this attentive energy from our Moon. our enlightenment.
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The Sun is Blinding The Sun shines. we are partly awake and partly still asleep. We start awake when a mentor points out something or we just naturally start to wake up in their presence. but we can all see by reflected light. we wake up and begin to see life differently. For starters. but that confidence waxes and wanes like the tides. blinding us. partial enlightenment happens all the time. when sunlight is reflected on it. Explanation: Partial insight. if we look straight at it. and is the rule. Sometimes we are confident. by the light of the Moon. rather than the exception. caught up in our bad habits or past – what-have-you? We do have a new confidence in our self and life.
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The Older and the Younger We can‟t yet look directly into the Sun. we frequently learn by interchange with others. than to look up
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And in this sea of jealousy and pecking order. The elder fleshes out or deepens their enlightenment. the elder illuminates the subject for the younger one. The younger person provides the energy and the stage. the younger sees farther into the darkness of the future by the illumination of the elder. We can direct ourselves in either case. by wanting to follow what we see or avoid it. Better to have a teacher we can look up to and receive light. for good or bad.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights yourself. there are also real exchanges. where both parties benefit from the transaction.
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. the Moon reflects the light of the Sun. and the coming generation of structures of consciousness. The Sun draws forth form from the un-manifest. They are an earlywarning system of something coming or happening. We feel with a body. As we all know. We have to open up our feelings and bring them to light. They are the preview or first swirling or forming of what can become eventually a fact of the life. The body first must be open to feeling. Feelings signal the stirring in the depths of life. The Moon here is seen as the reaction or giving of form in response to the Sun or “W ill” impulse. from the Moon itself. with any body. lunar structures. ego structures.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Moon as Feelings Feelings are the un-manifest (not-yet manifest) Will itself.

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. like we are taking a step outside ourselves and find that our one foot stuck is all the feeling we have and have to take a new perspective based only on this one stuck foot. some way to experience or feel life itself.

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the sap within the plant. the watery flow. When with the Full Moon. She feeds earth. but she is also possessive. distributing cosmic forces to the embryo in its womb. the feelings are more extraverted or dominated by the objective mind.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
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The Moon is the womb and mother of the earth. the Moon operates more in connection with the solar energy of the Sun (self). Outside the earth‟s orbit. but tend to myself think that it is the bodies and things the Moon produces
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the womb out of which things come. the Moon passes over the border beyond the earth‟s orbit and toward the orbits of the outer planets. Traditionally. The Sun‟s light penetrates the Moon/Earth atmosphere and creates heat and warmth. and as the Moon passes first quarter. The moon covers all that is not yet manifest.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights that come under the rule and domain of Saturn. the world of feelings. the idea that the Moon enters the 84
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Moon Phases At the first quarter. the Moon shuttles between mars (outside the orbit of the earth) and Venus (inside the orbit of the earth). Here we have the idea of outer and inner once more. The surrounding atmosphere of the earth was called by the ancient astrologer-astronomers the „sub-lunar realm‟.

saving the experience learned through the forms. The Venus side of the lunar orbit.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights realm of the outer or objective form and here more and more consciously the idea or impulse given at the New Moon is built upon and formed to a full objective state at the Full Moon. which is connected to the word “venal. brick by brick. after the Full Moon. this completed objective experience is then taken apart.
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but the tone or substance of the meeting remains embedded in the mind. And when the student leaves the presence of the master. There may not be possible a direct understanding or a retaining of the experience of this meaning. and build within themselves a way or mesh or net to catch and hold permanently this same experience.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
New Moon – Solar Tone The solar tone received at the conjunction of the New Moon can be likened to our meeting a great and wise man. a feeling or stimulus upon which they will savor. bathes and experiences this wholeness that marks the master. they take away a deep and strong feeling. work with. awash in the light of the teacher. It is with (and 86
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much like a potter forms clay. The Moon cycle is similar in that the New Moon experience is one of conjunction or closeness to the solar bath or tone. and from this feeling. we work assiduously toward the realization (working out) of this feeling as a definite objective state at the Full Moon.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights from) deep feelings or stimuli like these that real ideas are gradually formed into actions and bear them on out finally as facts of our experience.
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The Moon as Mother of the Earth: This concept refers to the endless mothering and circling about the earth of the Moon. and so on. Nutrition and support have been the keyword for the Moon. From this. They can‟t take the heat. As we reach college age. We can no longer remain with those who will take a longer time to find out the same truths as we ourselves are discovering.Forced closeness 88
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and this is what has come to be called “therapy. We have to pay for therapy. and usually takes time and money. The student is able to grasp the concept and to “get it” or not.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights would be suffocating to us and we would burn dry the moisture and life giving growth of the Moon child – those younger than us.
The Syzygy A mentor points out the nature of the mind or an idea. and if we were swept into the Sun.” Pointing out and “getting it” is part of the natural charm of the mentorstudent relationship. If the student cannot get it. We on Earth are ourselves like a Moon of the Sun. We cannot live yet in that burning ball of fire. This is the difference between pointing out something and therapy. Therapy is a much more repetitive and arduous task. So the relation Moon-Earth-Sun strung (syzygy) out in a string is an important one. 89
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At which time it is said that we will be prepared to enter this ball of fire. The shell is said to be the power of water. if you have ever tried to convey to some younger one an idea or experience that they have not quickened to at that point (are not ready for). It is the same with Earth and Moon. The Moon is the slow ever-spiraling cycle that gradually helps to build the permanent space vehicle for each of us. For instance. one cannot perceive the phenomenon. Later. there would be no “value” or time growing to this stage.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights we would at once burn instantly to a cinder. that is. Our Moon must be kept at a distance. all coming at once. you will understand.
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. We move on and away to find other worlds. just as each of us has probably withdrawn ourselves from some group that may have been very important to us at an earlier point in our lives. We are not susceptible to it ourselves any longer. We simply outgrew the aims of this group and felt stifled and bored in company that once may have provided us with our closest friends. This occurs when we suddenly one day see some younger person going through something we ourselves have already passed through and for the first time we realize this experience as a whole.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Moon and Earth This explains the otherwise difficult-to-understand occult tradition that the earth withdrew itself from the Moon at a certain stage in its growth.

drawing away from a less dense state. This is. an example of leaving or separating from our Moon. They look up to us. but a hierarchy or age or perhaps experience.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights We see where the younger person is at and realize that we ourselves have been there. and we to them now something of a Sun. not a social hierarchy. We are forever contracting away from the younger state we are/were. we down at them. in our personal life. and including within ourselves (within our experience) what once we were included within .taking on the „terrible crystal‟ that poets write of. We envelope or cradle these younger people going through these same experiences and realize they are to us a Moon. but now know that we are no longer living or alive to that kind of way of behaving.
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our Moon learns and grows not by simple reflection from the brilliant Sun. mirroring the light of the Sun and learning
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The Sunshine The Sun shines in the firmament. and slowly building in its own way a reflector represented by the Moon at Full. must undergo the steady slow growth to fullness. Meanwhile. The Moon does not take the Sun straightaway and become a Sun itself to the same degree we are. It is an occult (and scientific!) maxim that the uninitiated cannot look into the Sun directly without blindness. We can see ourselves better in the rear-view mirror than we can by looking directly at the Sun. We on Earth learn by the reflection of the Sun on the Moon. but by first being exposed to the New Moon‟s solar tone. like ourselves. Our Moon too. The Moon cycle is mainly a night-time thing. a cycle of reflected light. shedding its light in steady rays on all whom encounter it.

That is not always possible. at a certain point. The Moon is all the materials out of which we cane and which we have left behind. material that will have to be built into future forms. an endless doing. We up and leave our work undone. finished or not. It is. When change comes. when the call comes. phase by phase. so nothing is lost. Nothing is really left undone. That task we leave is taken up by those coming behind us.
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. This takes some thinking on. we must leave off what we are doing. every thing we start.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights and growing more (ever) Sun-like itself. and move off to another task. but someone else may be doing it. it can come in the middle of any cycle. Things are not all full phase like: we will finish up in a teleological fashion. In a word: what we have left undone. done and being re-done. Like the grim reaper. to pass to another phase. instead.

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. where I presented these same ideas and could further pursue them. we are done with that topic. Try as we might. where I had thought what I had to think and no great further outpouring was then forthcoming – no more gas. eventually we can run out of gas. after this point it was possible for me to sometimes think in the presence of others. However. We have thought it through and may not have necessarily reached any final clarity. aside from the time of original creative thought on the various subjects in life. We have thought on it as much as we can.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Energy Conversion Let me re-phrase the above: Even with our most favorite thoughts. I could proceed only so far in meditating or in the extension of my point. after which I reached a point of no return. For a long time it was clear to me that.

This does not mean I ever worked it out to the end or to any real understanding. I may just as easily have had to drop it and move on.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights a release of energy from the listener through which I could pursue my train of thought further than before. as my offering the fruits of my experience (light!) in terms of guidance to the younger soul in exchange for the energy of their attention. rounding out and exploring various extensions of the original seminal thought. I was done thinking about whatever the thought was. In my life. which I usually did not. this subject was no longer a question and did not come up for me unless I tried to bring it up. leaving that topic unfinished – one of many left undone. For myself. energy and “interest” that I no longer had for this particular topic of thought.
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I can probably see it better than you. based on the sincerity and energy of your question (and your asking) I suddenly have a legitimate reason to re-view it. You provide the fuel or energy of inquiry to explore it. In any case. It seemed at that time that I had exhausted my own potential energy for that thought. are in the midst of going through it now and don‟t know what you are experiencing. because either you have not been through it yet. or have gone through it. the attention. This is real exchange and the way many of us deepen our enlightenment or understanding of what otherwise would be forgotten or impossible-to-get-to topics.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Deepening Our Enlightenment You might (as a younger person) come to me and ask (or remind) me about this topic and. I may be able to shed some light on it for you AND at the same time explore and deepen that thought in my own experience. that I had thought that 97
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energy strong enough so that I could pursue ramifications of the thought that I could not do and did not have myself the power or interest at that point to do so.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights thought. the dawning light on the student releases great energy from his experience of what I am pointing out. The older soul gets to deepen his enlightenment of the particular issue using the energy of the listening student. So there was a fair exchange. In telling this story or thought to another. and the student gets guidance and an introduction to the subject. and it was no longer a new experience for me. This is one kind of mentoring. not the same as having a guru or life guide. an experience of potential value to both sides. but mentoring as a from of exchange.
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and the younger person provides the energy or life to live once again these thoughts for the older person. while those thoughts and areas of life that I was still alive and new to continued in their steady advance. Another way of seeing this is by considering the idea that there is one common self and one self knowing.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Mentoring The older person provides light on the subject. thus (as mentioned) deepening their understanding or enlightenment. We can speak almost of exhuming at that point the dead body of thought we had discarded and living again through the energy provided by/through the Moon or younger person. This mentoring exchange also has the added advantage of helping the older person relive certain experience and figure out what originally happened to them. I was able by this method to deepen my own enlightenment considerably. 99
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I am given in this way the latest news on the evolution or development of contemporary thought – literally. share this common self. Each of us has a given amount of energy to spend and how we spend it is indicated by the results we get. young and old. This is just another way of viewing this concept. So.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights and that all persons.
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. even in the shape and kind of dawning knowledge or contemporary ways of thought. I spent my energy on my particular thoughts and remain bound to those thoughts when the energy is gone. while the thought or train of thought is carried on by the next generation. and this exchange of light for energy serves to update or keep me up to date on subjects for me that would otherwise be dead and gone.

things are not always rosy in the mentoringexchange department. it can be easy for the younger soul to fall into the sense that they are being vampire-ized in some form or another. Here is a poem I wrote when I was much younger that emphasizes this aspect:
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Vampirization Of course. the life force literally being sucked out of them by the older (and dryer) soul. If there is not some equitable exchange.

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Inner Ear What will eager issue out. After it is all.” And enters it as out. It only is in every inward eaten. to stuff itself. And into us would enter. the older soul can feel humiliated when the younger soul feels taken advantage of. To eat itself the center. On the other hand. It eats us out. Of what we wait to wither in on. So to stare. It is very common for younger souls to want to be very careful in what they take from anyone and just who they 102
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that is: as we grow up. the deepening of one‟s understanding and enlightenment through the exchange of information is usually only a passing phase. An older soul. may have obvious personal faults that disqualify them in the mind of the younger one.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights take guidance from. in general. to the point of their having nothing to do with them. even one with great knowledge. Mentoring. 103
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A Passing Phase This whole experience of mentoring-exchange.

but just contact with our life. at this point our own Sun is shining and we have become something of a Sun ourselves now shining in the firmament. We can now work by ourselves and are not dependent on contact with our Moon. we take on or assume the function of a Sun to our Moon. No more placenta.
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In summary: As pointed out above this relates to the tradition of each person when forming the sphere of their own Earth depending for some time on the sphere of the Moon and then slowly passing beyond that stage into a relationship more with the sphere of the Sun. The Moon as Shadow There are endless tales of the karma or shadow that follows the initiate. our past and how it affects us.

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. and finally burning free of this mothering form-building.a great glowing mass of stuff from which we are made. Thus the Moon represents the realm of feeling and emotion from which we individuate and emerge into view.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights We might picture the Moon as a vast sea of forming from which we are born or rise out of. Feelings turn into facts. like the deep-space nebulae in which stars are born – birth fields. The Moon is this great matrix forming form. taking on determination. formless yet formative. rise out like a space ship at last into outer space.
The Matrix of Womb The Moon is seen as the matrix or womb in which all life is formed and from which forms gradually emerge from the Moon-Saturn phase to shine in outer space .

The Moon endlessly calls to us.
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.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights which form forms from and out of which appears the each individual Earth. From the realm of the Moon the earth is formed. Keep in mind that astronomically speaking. The Moon is thus the great womb of consciousness from which all life emerges. It may be true that we objectify these thoughts at some particular point. the vast un-manifested “Will” felt as feelings or the urge to be. The earth is drawn off or draws out of this sea. We sense them.

The Moon would smother and retard the earth development and the Sun would cause the development to be too quick to value or burn it up in a second. and it is only slowly that we are stirred by light and time into awakening beyond this life.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights presaged by a long slow procession from the vaguest of feelings. we lie asleep for the longest time. learning to use the body we have to feel and conceive (midwifery) these thoughts out of nowhere. Each individual Earth separates itself and draws away from the Moon to exist midway between the Moon and the Sun. We neither want to have the flame die out entirely in the Moon or combust to cinder in the Sun. We form our body from out of this great mass and matrix.
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. When we see someone living experiences. This is why it is stressed repeatedly in the occult literature that the Moon for a person on Earth is a dead planet. We are dead to the experiences we have already had and alive to the new ones we are still having. We could no longer live there. There is no further life for us there. we see our Moon. We must remove and draw away from what we recognize as our past. done that. We are gazing at the Moon. The life on the Moon is a life the Earth person has experienced. a significant or meaningful life and this is why some point of balance is ever sought as we grow out of the Moon and move toward the Sun only to the degree that we can stand the heat. We have been there.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
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The Placenta is Born It is the Moon that is the placenta. Thus it is that the Moon is simultaneously our parent and our child – one that is younger than we are. bringing and distributing the light of the Sun by reflection through its endless monthly cycles. as steady and certain as the tide of the Moon waxing and waning. we grow steadily. We graduate slowly from this mother of ours into final independence. building like the water builds a shell. like the crystal forms in sugar water.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights mired in it. Like the plant. We are constantly drawing out from the Moon and toward the Sun. It is in our Moon for a time that we find life and energy. Yet for a long time. building and working us up to independence. we have not the capacity to be independent from the mother Moon and we go through a long stage where we live literally on and through the Moon.

Ancient astrologer-astronomers called the surrounding regions of our solid globe. the thick clouds and atmosphere. precipitating into an independent entity being born alive. distributed slowly and evenly by the cycle of the Moon. the „sub-lunar realms‟ and it was here that the light impulse traveling from the Sun through space struck and it was here that heat and moisture arose. Here is a process of endless creation and destruction. perfect in its existence and back into this chaos it eventually falls when its purpose has been served.” The Moon is the „great deep‟. As astrologer Marc Edmund Jones puts it: “Therefore the feelings or emotions are the sustenance of all life activity since they distribute inwardly the strength of that Will which is at the root of the being. the primordial chaos. The astrologer Max Heindel wrote “The Moon measures the soul‟s passage from the shores of eternity through the waters of the womb to the world of time. The light seeps through to the earth.”
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it begins to shine. after the peak of which it begins to decline and wears itself out of existence.4 heliocentrically). For example. At the peak of this curve. it begins to break up and release whatever energy was bound into making it during its formative stages. the body has reached its point of greatest density where it exists most perfectly. as much as it ever will. We could agree that the human body is fully formed by our Saturn return at around 30 years of age (29. In other words. the point when they cease to form and begin dying or deteriorating. After this point.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
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The Aggregate of the Sun The total aggregate of all things existing and shining is. Brilliant! In the case of the human body. in the terms of esoteric astrology. I have covered this in great detail in my book “The Astrology of the Heart: Astro-Shamanism. the whole process takes time and the shining takes time. It begins to shine. all of which are in one or another stage of breaking up is the great Sun shining in the night of time. and then begins its gradual decline.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights “Ring Pass-Not.” and it starts to come apart. although one that is not 113
. The consciousness that accompanies these changes also changes. enters a period of sustaining itself. the Sun. The body stops forming. The myriad of things done and formed through time.” The spiritual consciousness reflects the physical changes and the spiritual change from forming a body to the deterioration of the body is a powerful one.

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. it can be meaningful (add meaning) if we realize what is happening to us at the time or even later on. which is in decline. like an aura surrounding the physical event. whether or not they are aware of them. This is a real and an ongoing process and we can become aware of this process of the releasing of the bound energy. anyone over 30 is going through these changes. In fact the dawning consciousness may be nothing more than the once-bound energy now being released to become active once again. We can be aware of what is taking place. We can participate in the change in a conscious fashion. In general.
Awakening to the Sun The spiritual consciousness is a process of awakening.

It amounts almost to a form of anesthesia. It is an ever-changing experience that removes as it goes along the very means to measure itself – how very polite.
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More than a Shell Our life and even our body is more than the just physical shell or husk.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights In general. The result is that by the time we get to the ripe old age when we die. while the much more real death (this conversion) in the center of life is taking place. we don‟t have much feeling left anyway. By the time we get to the end of the line. We don‟t know what we are missing or losing. and when we pass beyond that. the public mind is fixated on the death at the life-long end of the physical body. we also lose the very body with which to feel with. The great center of feeling in our lives is at the center or prime of life. we have lost almost any way to feel or measure that death event.

However.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Another (and perhaps better) way to say this is that “feeling” is centralized in the prime of life (and not belonging to any person or to all persons). you will find that inside their aging bodies they are still young. a point somewhere around thirty years of age.
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with the result that when we reach the death that everybody is so worried about. Meanwhile. Or is
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The Day of Our Death For myself. we are pretty much dead. during my 25th year. It is relegated to a subject that is so esoteric that there is almost no hint of it.

all things. and in which to live.
Beyond the Prime In summary: things are existing. to reach a point where the formative forces are exhausted. Some don‟t. The stone foundation of a home is such a thing. Every thing and every body has a prime or center of life or existence. It is no different with any thing . It is the nature of things to form.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights it so obvious to all that it goes without saying? In that case. Some last. I choose to say it again.
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. and then to decline and break up. to endure or last in proportion to how well made the body is. Our life depends upon and is based around things enduring long enough for us to act on and count of them – to depend on them. We can count on those stones enduring long enough to build a house from them upon which to depend. The combined aggregate of all things existing is what we call reality. to point it out. this world we find ourselves in.

for example: the whole cult of youth. There is a preoccupation when we are young with getting to the prime of life.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Another important idea that is often ignored is that of the reference point for many of us as we grow to adulthood and away from it to old age. looking forward to being that age. there is the fact that older people look back on their youth. to our majority. On the other hand. While there is no discussion of the prime or center of life as being sacred. A poem:
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. And who you will be will be who you were. Then: Who you are is not who you are or who you will be. the Sun. who are you? My point here is that this prime of life is much more than just one stop on the long line of life. is nothing more than what we call the prime of life. with its endless comings and goings. The prime of life shines like the Sun in the middle of our life. It is.

a point of articulation. as the verge or edge of something.”
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. Straight lines all curve. this linear end of life (death of the physical body) is somewhat of a misconception. We make the mistake of focusing on the physical end of life. hell. and located not at the end of life.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights the middle of the heavens – a vast sphere. The reality may not be linear. perhaps even a misdirection. The Sun is the center and point of it all. And it is here that we mistakenly believe we are supposed to launch off toward heaven. It is what we call the “Self. with our preoccupation on the physical end of life.

Everyone is staring at the time horizon for the end of life. Often. but always with our mind or eyes turned toward the sun or prime of life.
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.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights prime or middle of life signals a gradual removal of our sense of feeling young and a growing toward old age. Another way to say this might be that we are always and only that consciousness at life‟s prime and all. what is common and shared and goes without saying is our very self. a slight of hand. young and old. In other words. we do an about face as we age. with declining everything. but with our eyes always focused on the middle of life. We go right on to old age.

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The Eternal Self In other words. then we are all looking and referring to the same thing through whatever personal filter we may have. If the common essence of this life creation and the radiance of it is something we all share and go through and that we each individually tune into.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights that we (each of us) share a common self and essence. shared by all. It is as obvious as the Sun shining in the sky. We pay philosophical lip service to this idea of a common essence or self. In fact. it is so common that we cannot even find a way to refer to it. ubiquitous. the self is not something that depends only on our own personal experience or filter.

that we assume. which it is. how would a beginning. or any number of persons with no means or any good experience have much to refer to? As it is. like a common language. In any case. Why not say that it is to some degree the same general self for all of us? We all refer to this common self as our own. There is something beyond personal filters that we all refer and point to as our self.
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to becoming their self.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
It is An All Youth The child and adolescent all share the same self as they grow up. They share in what it now is and they look forward to being more their self than they are today. the Self may be an endless generation of eternal prime of life that endlessly lives in time/space and to which all ages refer. As the poet Gerard Manley
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The body of the Self is eternally 30 years of age.” As astrologers. When I look up the word generation in the dictionary it says: a generation is reckoned at 30 years. 30 years is one Saturn cycle.
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. this is the Sun. also about the prime peak for the physical body.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Hopkins wrote: “It is an all youth.

Saturn rules time and the formation and reformation of the physical. taking 29 ½ years and (2) the positions it takes in the personal houses as it makes its 29 ½ year journey. human or otherwise. any thing endures the out-breaking shocks of time‟s relentless workings for only so long. Incarnation is endless and constant. here and now. This is practical or spiritual insight. The human body lasts perhaps several
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Two main factors. there is enough spiritual vision or practical vision to start working with the material of this earth. As Saturn rises above the descendant and the separation from the physical takes place. after which it does not continue to last. (1) The return of Saturn to its own place.

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. think of generation as a constant process to which we each personally are exposed and which our physical body can stand for a limited time only. It first forms us and then the process husks us off. We each are aware of that. Saturn makes an orbit of the Sun or passes through 360 degrees of the signs in about thirty years. Think of the human body as being exposed to continual generation or regeneration.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights cycles of Saturn before death or reformation. One belongs to a generation (those of about the same age) a generation that does particular things during the formative period and we share those memories the rest of the life. before breaking up. Re-generations. Instead of thinking of a certain group as constituting a generation.

Saturn makes a complete revolution in thirty years.
All the Difference in the World What difference could Saturn‟s position in different horoscopes possibly make? The answer: All the difference in the world. but the zodiac degree and house position differ. the giver of form. after 30 years of existence. We each have a Saturn.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights cycle of Saturn and Saturn literally determines the physical end of our existence. there being no other difference. Times wears us out of existence in the
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Witness to Life After thirty.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights physical and back into essence. continually spews forth life that radiates from this blazing source of energy out until it encloses or surrounds that radiating center. As the forces of time take their toll on the physical. we are gradually released from the physical. The generation of life. like the Sun itself.

the generation process is continuous and is not merely subject to age. It is eternal.
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much like the beehive and job within a hive of bees remains exactly defined through an endless
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.a living connection. All points or degrees in the circle of life are always present. What then is an initiate? An initiate is one who carries his consciousness through all phases of the process of life. although the form changes and different personalities. one who comes full circle. With some of the outer planets (Neptune and Pluto) an initiate carries information that to some degree is passed from mouth to ear above or outside the process of the womb. The physical process of generation is constant as is the process of destruction as well. different persons exist at any given point at a given time.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Times of Search and Return for All Ages. Those basic jobs or types (those degrees or stations around the circle) remain through a succession of individual persons. one who comes across all ages and connects his or her generation.

yet more or less every thing remains the same or coheres in basic form through it all from generation to generation. The slowest movement describes vast cycles of change. like the hive of bees. subject to the pressures of age and orientation or opportunity. Our world.
The Limits of Life Life by definition has limitations and within this set of limits we may roam. It is a limited physical world. with a limited number of positions or types of work or ways to be and. very slowly. is dictated by the possible or the necessary. The basic outlines remain the same. like the precession of the equinox points. although the flux of changing times constantly changes everything. The possibilities or positions (jobs) like the 360 degrees in a circle are more or less constant. the functions or possibilities remain the same or change very.
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The rising and falling is measured by the passage of Saturn through the houses of the personal horoscope. to re-incarnate or more properly simply to incarnate -. that is: to form a new life or vehicle. the organism which we are ever lives and ever dies. Rising and descending or falling like a great breathing.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights is happening. of what IS.
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How is this represented astrologically and especially in the personal horoscope? The physical process of generation and exhaustion can be measured clearly by the continuing cycles of Saturn in the life of each individual.incarnation. forever. The thirty-year cycle of
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ever being created anew. some of them more physical than others. And the form of the physical is ever changing. so. we study the various kinds of chakras or way-stations of life. The physical is an endless product of the continuing process of generation. ever being destroyed. living in eternity.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Saturn marks the transition from within the womb of time to being outside time.
What Is Initiation? What then is initiation? Perhaps it is as simple as getting used to this endless process in its “endless” quality getting into it (intuit) – witnessing it. we escape the physical in some permanent way is not. Every cycle describes by its breathing or returning some portion of our life. Since Saturn
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etc. it can be a fascinating introduction to the study of astrology. it is the plunge into fresh incarnation or activity. particularly houses and relationships to our natal configurations. for others. it will indicate and mark different parts of each of our horoscopes. its continuing transit through the signs and houses. means different things to each of us personally and the same to all of us collectively. Cancer may fall in any part of our chart at any time in our lives. At what point in our lives did we first experience the various types of experience consciously?
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This Is It! The idea that the spirit and those undergoing the most spiritual clarity are not by nature removed from the physical. there are those with nothing to do that we can share our troubles or give us strength.

are just the most recent description of our inner life process. We draw to us exactly what we need. if not now. We fade out in endless repetition. not a fact of any kind. later on. The first time through or around the wheel of life and death for one with no training is often a terrific experience. We find ourselves in every day. but just another attempt to describe our experience. etc.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Modern astrophysics. It is a continuous process. But life loses its terror in time.
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where we begin to respond to the outer planets. From Saturn‟s position in the chart we proceed to move or transit through the chart in the direction of the signs and through our particular houses in the discovery of the whole cycle. and going beyond that beginning into our second cycle or beyond Saturn. but each differently. Having completed a full turn.
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Saturn is the Physical We are born in all the possible relations and positions and proceed to unravel or discover or experience the whole. The whole is made up of all its various parts. summing up our cycle at the point where we began. We don‟t all. that of Uranus. the wholeness of our life.

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Any indicator used consistently. It is not so important which indicator your choose to study as it is that you choose one and thoroughly use it until it becomes a means for you to feel change – an oracle..Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights accurate indicator of basic life change.
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. the transits of Saturn have provided me with a very valuable tool through which to measure basic life change. etc. will give consistent and accurate results. such as the progressed Moon. In this case.

Each seat is directly related to all the others on a wheel or cycle and the wheel itself is turning.
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Saturn is Time As Saturn moves by transit through the houses. I am using Saturn or Satan here because for me it has been the most obvious and material. The planets are stations like the seats on a carnival Ferris Wheel. are observable. very real changes are certain. Each planet or whatever you study will give you a feeling or measure of a particular chakra or part of the whole of life. Each planet describes by its orbit a certain area or a certain part of the process of life. most easily obvious of all of the planets.

Being unwilling or unable to work with the body we have to do or work with and instead. how and when to overcome it. Overcoming Satan or Saturn has in almost all religions been the key to spiritual life. not because we worship Saturn. our other incarnations. matter in its most dense form.what Saturn is. How often do we find ourselves dreaming of being a big star or something more than we are. but that we might better learn what overcoming Saturn is . It may sound fanciful. dreaming.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
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Putting Off Life We tend to put off working with what we have now. The personality of the times we live in changes each day and with it we change accordingly. while the only opportunity we have is now here. When we speak of our personality in our particular life. This is it and it will be whatever we make out of it. Riding our potential.

we fail to keep up with all the many changes that constantly occur.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights of where we pick up (or peer through) the mask or persona of the times into which we were born or out of which we emerge. We each enter into this life. We withdraw to a more and more general or eternal way of taking life or self. and pass away. We perhaps identify with the times in which our most formative growth took place or that time to which we tuned in the most or were the most in tune with as being our personal life or self. Yet the personality goes on regardless of the individuals who participate. It is like white noise to us. Or we take on more
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The White Noise of Age As we get old. what personality is of the moment and we fall away from that as our interest and energy fails. We rise up in our prime to wear what mask or persona. We lose interest. We will carry that mask or role for a while and die away from it. grow to a prime of life or fullness.

the same faults. We fulfill what must be fulfilled or we are not at all. and our personal points of contact or existence are those points to which we are connected or attached as indicated by sign and house and aspects. Beyond the personal indications of the times are the more enduring archetypes or general possibilities of life itself the various laws of nature or Saturn. the shape of things coming. 148
. We have the same virtues. We share the personality of the times into which we are born. and the shape of things that are. In some very real respects. We describe them in the same way. The personality which so fascinates all of us is an endless stream of consciousness flowing.
The Shape of Things to Come Saturn is the shape of things to come. We are the living end of spirit.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights eternal perspectives. We do what is necessary. we are superficially (personally speaking) the product of our times.

The Personality The personality is the most and least important part of our life. which is change itself. The individuality is that which does not change. the most because it is the particular apple we eat on this particular day and least because we could just as easily eat a pear or peach or nothing at all
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the last to be formed is the first to atrophy or dissolve. what remains the same through any number of particular changes. an entity that has had endless (seemingly) more generations during which to come up with a workable solution and has many females and few males. Form and function are one. to what form the function produces. to what are the general forms or shape of things throughout all times. The male element. to what is beyond happening superficially. to what is the basic function or what is the shape or form of the functioning. Why do bees live? To make honey to store to live next year? What are they heading for? What is their purpose? Just to live and that‟s all
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The life of Christ. The new idea boggles the mind and it rains facts. new energy to get things done. We are turned loose by thirty three years of age.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Ordering of Chaos We work with the bubble of energy or unknown to precipitate all that is chaos into ordered past. Working with a new principle serves to precipitates what we now have. and this happens simultaneously. take their place. We are beyond Saturn or: no one lives beyond 33. Generations: that which is generated. The new causes the old to pass away. Fall out. which has been generated.
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. Endless regeneration. There is no one older than one generation. we grow young again or. Generation. reborn rebirth. rather. We are only one generation old and after that we are regenerated. We stop growing old and we grow or stay young. undergo regeneration or rebirth. One lives again: regeneration. Generate. remain the same age. There is only one generation. We are regenerated. We overcome Saturn/Satan and rise above Saturn and become aware of how young we really are. We are all of the same generation.

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights the limit of the cycle of Saturn. that there is one and only one generation. beyond which you cannot be reached. Thirty is Satan‟s limit. but Satan has no control over your spirit. the Sun shining in the firmament. Beyond which you can be destroyed physically only. the end of old age and fear of death. Everlasting generation. There is only one continuous generation. Generation is the outpouring of this world. And we are reborn in that knowledge of constant everlasting life. the limits of which beyond we cannot pass without experiencing that act.
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Those who exist in darkness or age past thirty years do so unnecessarily. The generation gap is the arrogance of old persons. whatever name you might call this lord. A parent cannot lay his blame
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A Limit of 30 Years That limit is thirty years. He fulfilled the law.

The very concept is a lie that itself perpetuates the problem. but merely assured that this incarnation is ongoing and endless.
The Generation Gap The generation gap is a myth. Re-incarnation or regeneration is simply the realization that incarnation is endless. There is simply “generation. One is not generated fully until thirty and until then we are not exposed to Saturn‟s law. failed to inquire into the nature of life and truth. One leaves the womb.” Regeneration or reincarnation is a half truth. One is born again at thirty. There is no gap. One is not re-incarnated. Regeneration is simply generation or the recognition that there is but one generation and one generator.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights on his children. The continuous 156
. The continuous generation throws off every body in its endless living. It husks itself perpetually. The older generation failed to love and guide the younger ones.

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. never a time when you will not be. like the snake shedding its skin. The other world is to witness the world. Regeneration is the affirmation of generation. That is all. Rebirth is continually now happening. Never was there a time when you were not. throws off its light in every direction and the end of generation throws generation into relief or outline. regardless of age.

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The East seldom mentions the individual birth chart. but more often it uses electional astrology as a guide to day-to-day personal living and practice. which they divide and analyze in great detail in order to make use of the opportunities it offers for day-to-day decision-making. In other words. like a wedding. Rather 159
. in the East the lunar cycle is used as a means to determine the kind of activity appropriate for each successive lunar day. In the West. and there are thirty of them.

In other words. it is the lunation cycle rather than the yearly sun or solar cycle that is the primary indicator used for planning activities and for personal guidance. in most Eastern countries. rather according to the solar return (birthday) as here in the West. If we celebrate your birthday in Nepal.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights than concern itself with what lunar type a given phase of the Moon might produce (birth chart). What kind of action is auspicious (or not) today? In India and Tibet. just as we do the Sun here in the West. birthdays are observed according to the particular day of the moon cycle (lunar phase angle) during which a person was born. oriental astrology asks what is the current lunar phase good for. in the East they live by and follow the cycle of the Moon on a day-to-day basis.
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Moreover.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights angle) you were born in. insight. A study of the existing literature on the meaning and use of the moon in astrology (East and West) shows much similarity but also considerable difference. This simple fact makes it clear how important the moon and the lunar cycle are in these countries. Tradition has it that we get an impulse. or idea at the New Moon. in that it somehow proceeds from some sort of seed time at the new moon to a fruition at the full. and so on. a birthday in the East for any given individual can be up to a month away (during some years) from the solar return -.
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Unlike many other traditions. the Moon and the Earth -. where the line of successors (lineage) has been broken due to various events. They practice it today with the same vigor and intensity as they did a thousand years ago. It involves the ongoing relationship between the Sun. it is more than just some primitive sort of clock. We already know about the moon 163
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Lunar Gaps Although measuring time and life by the moon is ancient.the monthly cycle of the phases of the Moon. the dharma tradition of Tibet remains pure and unbroken to this day. The very sophisticated concept of lunar gaps springs from centuries of painstaking psychological observation by the lamas of Tibet. and the Hindu sages.

This is not the place (and I am not the expert) to describe to you either the very complicated astronomical motions these three heavenly bodies produce. back to new moon in a cycle of about one month." As we know. What is quite accessible is the concept of "lunar gaps. or the profound theories of what all of this motion means in a philosophical sense.endless in extent.
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the monthly lunar cycle is divided into 30 separate parts called lunar days. it does have distinct phases like the Full Moon.lunar gaps. It is at these lunar gaps or openings that it is possible to get special insight into different areas of our own life. counting through the waxing half of the moon cycle to the Full Moon (end of the 15th day). although the moon cycle is unending. quarters.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Thirty Lunar Days However. What is interesting about how the lamas (and most Hindus too) view this 30 day cycle is that the 30 lunar days are not considered of equal importance. In fact. and on around through the waning cycle. and so on. back to the new moon again. The monthly cycle has very definite points in it of increased importance -. New Moon. In Tibet and India. There are thirty lunar days starting from the new moon (start of 1st day). the Tibetans take full advantage of these lunar gaps to perform very 165
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that which we ignore.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights specific practices. These obscurations can be many and their accumulation amounts to the sum total of our ignorance -.
Moments of Clarity In the East. These moments of clarity are the gaps in the clouds. That is. but that can sometimes clear up. in Eastern countries. one gets the sense that (in general) life (and our minds) are perceived as being filled with the noise of our own problems (obscurations). making clear insight often difficult. From a reading of the Eastern literature on this subject. certain of the lunar days have proven themselves to be auspicious for particular kinds of activities. Therefore. these articulation points or windows in time/space (lunar gaps) are very much
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in order to isolate these moments (gaps in time/space) where insight into our larger situation can be gained.
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. reserved for the pundits. Knowing when and where to look for these insight gaps has been the subject of study and research in Tibet for centuries. There come gaps in the general obscuration or cloudiness of our mind when we can see through the clouds -. These are viewed as real opportunities for insight and the subsequent development such insight generates. As noted. there are times each month when it is more auspicious or appropriate to perform or be involved in one kind (or another) of activity. times when one can see without obscuration (see clearly) are very much valued in the Tibetan dharma tradition. Everyone uses the lunar calendar on a regular basis. Lunar gaps are used to plan a wide variety of events in the Tibetan calendar.when penetrating insight is possible.

Tibetans observe these days with great attention and care. these lunar gap times are set aside for special observation. new and full moon days are considered holy days (holidays).
Observation Times Aside from knowing when these lunar gaps can be experienced. depending on the particular lunar gap (phase) and the personal needs of the practitioner. and normal routines are suspended at these times. Instead. These are days for observation. they don't have Saturday and Sunday off. In fact. As you might imagine. the other major thing to know about this subject is what to do when the gaps occur. in general. there are a wide range of practices. However. in many Eastern countries.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights time to perform a simple healing ceremony to full scale empowerments.
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let me restate: The gap that appears is a gap in our particular set of obscurations. The word "observe" is a lot closer to what happens during these lunar gaps. Be alert. moments when clarity and real insight is possible. Many great dharma teachers have pointed out the existence of gaps in our life. Observe your mind at that time.observing these seed times -.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights This word "observation" is worth mentioning. In the West. for this is what takes place at these times. the time -.that the socalled lunar gap can present itself. Observe the nature of the day. our own cloudiness. When such a gap 170
. your mind. present and set that time aside for just examining yourself.what-have-you? It is while being present -.
Lunar Opportunities And lest we get too far a field sitting there waiting for a gap in time or space to occur. we might use the word meditation. In Tibet there are many words that come under the general concept of meditation.

its richness is such that it continues to be a source of inspiration. One moment of real insight or vision can take weeks or months to examine in retrospect.windows. much like an elbow is where the arm is articulated. Each time we bring it to mind. At this point. including sunrise. there can be an intense insight into some aspect of our situation.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights takes place. They are natural joints or gaps in time/space upon which time and space turn and through which it is sometimes possible to gain access to information about the larger. This is what lunar gaps are all about. it is hoped that you have some general idea of what lunar gaps are and how you might go about taking advantage of them. dynamic life process that already encapsulates us. They conceive of these gaps as articulation points. These lunar opportunities are sometimes referred to as gaps or openings in the otherwise continuous stream of our lives -. the effects of which stay with us for a long time. etc. as well as lists customized to your particular location.
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we will contrast methods of using the lunar cycle in the East and West. In particular.
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Taking Advantage of the Lunar Cycle The phases of the moon have been observed for ages.the phases of the Moon. from a Sanskrit term for measure. This article takes a look at what astrologers (and ordinary people) have come to understand about the lunation cycle -. is the primary means by which the majority of the people in the world (even in this 21st century!) measure time and the events in their own lives.

In the West." This extremely involved intellectual study attempts to deal with concepts of anima and animus -. the lunar cycle is most often seen as a key to the personality and the birth chart. the practical result of their focus is not so much with this day-to-day process as with individual snapshots (the various lunar types) taken from the overall process. describe the cycle as a dynamic process that unfolds each month. In this article we will not deal with these highly intellectual approaches to the 173
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Lunation Cycle in Western Astrology Eastern and Western astrology use the lunar cycle in the same and different ways. Although somewhat of a mental challenge.the endless process of psychological self-projection and its resolution. And then there are also books along the lines of William Butler Yeat's "A Vision. analogous to a tongue-twister in speech. the practical benefit to this kind of writing is questionable.

The Phases of the Moon
Here is a summary as any competent astrologer might present it to us: The phases of the Moon are known to all.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Moon. after which the lunar light begins to diminish. From the dark of the New Moon. as the Moon's light starts to fail. the cycle builds through First Quarter and on to the brightness of the Full Moon (start of Third Quarter). comes the quarter moon phase. let's take a quick look at the how the Moon has been considered in Western astrology. After Full Moon. which rapidly darkens until we reach the New Moon. the lunar cycle extends from the New Moon (Moon and Sun conjunct the same point in the 174
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). the lesson learned. the Full Moon a time of fruition and fullness . and back to another New Moon. impulse. etc. the breath.experiencing. It is often stated in the astrological literature that a seed idea. or insight present at the New Moon is externalized through the first two quarters (waxing moon) and reaches completion or fullness at the Full Moon. and preparation takes place for a new and perhaps more perfect idea to form at the next New Moon. the day.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights zodiac) through the Full Moon (Moon and Sun on opposites sides of the Earth). the implications or "meaning" of what was achieved through the externalization process of the waxing moon is seen. After the Full Moon. the cycle has a point of greatest inwardness or
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Phase Cycles Keep in mind that the cycle of the Moon resembles all cycles (the heartbeat. The New Moon point is considered a time of conception and beginning.

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.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights conception (New Moon. a new start. The first two quarters (when the Moon is waxing and growing with light) represent a period during which to strive and build into reality a project that has been conceived. The New Moon point is a time for vision and involves a new seed impulse. a new job. exhalation-point). making our dreams into reality. We all have projects -. sometimes called the solar tone. inhalation-point) and a point of greatest externalization or fullness (Full Moon. probably around the time of the New Moon.a new effort. Projects begun at the New Moon are said to reach fulfillment at the Full Moon.
New Moon In the Western tradition. a new anything. from the New Moon through the First Quarter is good for making this push from an insight outward.

The Second Quarter through the Full Moon (beginning Third Quarter) represents the time when we achieve outward realization or actualization of what we saw or felt at the New Moon impulse. This is a time when the idea breaks into reality and is launched. The First Quarter is a time to get underway and to figure out how to make our dreams (ideas) come true. The end of the First Quarter and beginning of the Second Quarter marks that point in the lunar cycle when we are able to bring across some portion of an insight or idea into reality. when we must carry our new impulse or idea beyond the planning stage and into the sphere of action.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
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Full Moon The Full Moon marks outward extension and completion of the project. For better or worse, this is it! If we have tuned into the insight available at the New Moon -- and if we have worked to that end -- the Full Moon can represent a time of fruition and completion. What we have dreamed or seen in the mind is now real and can be experienced in the flesh. If we have worked at cross purposes to the New Moon message, then the Full Moon might bring home that fact as well. We can reap the reward of our misguided effort. Above all, the Full Moon represents an experience -- a fullness, if you will. The Third Quarter is a time during which we can appreciate, enjoy, and begin to reflect on the experience that peaked at the time of the Full Moon. This quarter is traditionally a time for growing awareness of what 178

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights happened at the Full Moon, and learning and assimilation. The Full Moon impact and experience begins to pass, and we find ourselves having thoughts about that experience. If nothing more, we sense that the experience is over, and is passing. Reflection occurs. We begin to grasp and appreciate the Full Moon experience, for better or for worse. As the lunar light begins to diminish, we start drawing conclusions of one sort or another -- taking a lesson.

Fourth Quarter The start of the Fourth Quarter is said to mark a crisis in consciousness. The experience of the Full Moon is over, and we are left to draw whatever conclusions we can from it. It is during the Fourth Quarter that we prune and weed out from our lives what we have seen to be of no value or use in this experience. It is a time for constructive elimination and release. It is often referred to as a 'seed time' and it is here we keep or take to

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Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights heart the seed or kernel of the experience we had at the full of the moon. We are drawing to a close that experience and the entire cycle for that month. We are approaching another New Moon and the start of a new cycle and impulse. Since we are dealing with a cycle or circle, there is no real beginning or end. All circles or cycles are endless or eternal (eternally repeating). The lunar cycle (phases of the Moon) is something that we can learn to use. After we read about and become aware of the different parts of this cycle, we can begin to observe the cycle happening around us. The lunar cycle described above in theory is seldom experienced in such clarity in everyday life. Over time, we recognize parts of the cycle and learn to use them. We might find it hard to push or begin projects during the Fourth Quarter -- in particular the three days or so just before a New Moon. But this is a good time to finish up a project, or clean up loose odds and ends of business -- draw things to a close. We could find that get-togethers, parties, and social events seem to come off well around or just before the Full Moon. We learn to take advantage of the qualities and opportunities of each section of the moon cycle. And we don't have to wait to begin since we are already -- right now -- in that cycle. What we develop then is an awareness of the Moon cycle.

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Seed Impulse: Themes An important concept to grasp is that the lunar cycle is experienced by all beings. The seed insight or impulse available at the New Moon is open to each of us. It is a global experience belonging to the entire planet. Although we may take it personally and in our own way, it is, above all, a common experience. Each passing month or lunar cycle modifies this experience and presents a new or slightly altered theme or impulse at New Moon for us to consider. Endless variations on a theme, this seed-thought or impulse somehow sets the tone for succeeding lunar cycles. The moments of new and full moon are considered as special. This is particularly true at the time of an eclipse.

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Eclipses
Eclipses are simply New or Full Moons with extraordinary alignment or focus. They have been considered for centuries to be astrological events of the first magnitude. If we consider New and Full Moons to be important, then eclipses represent the keys to the lunar cycle for any year. We mentioned earlier about the New Moon containing an impulse or insight that grows to fruition at the Full Moon. Eclipses, then, provide moments when extraordinary insight or vision are available to us. It is possible for some of us, at least at certain times in our lives, to experience what has been called the "vision of the eclipse," and to remember or keep that vision in mind. There appears to be a theme or principal insight connected with major eclipses. Let me make clear just what we mean here by the word vision.

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The Vision of the Eclipse As mentioned above, there appears to be a common or communal vision that occurs around the time of major eclipses. While each of us interprets the insight or vision in a personal way, the theme or essence of the vision is a common experience. And it is possible to share that vision. Although we all experience it at once, only some of us are capable of remembering the experience in a conscious fashion. It seems that we are privileged to be consciously aware of the vision of an eclipse at special

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The Lunation Cycle: East and West
The lunar cycle and its gaps are available to everyone, all the time. If we don't observe these special times, it is because we have set no time aside to observe, to check it out for ourselves. In the East, most people are introduced to basic observation techniques or mind practice from an early age. It is unfortunate that mind practice is not much known of here in the West. I mean how many people do you know who practice observing or using their mind anyway? Most of us assume that the mind is perfectly usable just as we find it, and doesn't require any practice. In the Tibet mind practice is not only acceptable, it is pretty much obligatory. This is true for countries like Tibet, Nepal, much of India, and even parts of China and Japan. Over there, the mind is considered by nature to be unruly and hard to manage. No one would think of trying to do much with it without considerable 185

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights practice. Mind practice or mind preparation or training, as it is sometimes called, is standard fare in the orient.

East and West We might wonder why this style of mind practice has never caught on in North America. In part, this is due to our whole take on meditation and what we think that is. Meditation in the West has come to mean something almost like relaxation therapy, a way to relax and get away from it all -- to escape the worries of the world in the contemplation of some inner landscape. Somewhere, perhaps early in this century, the word meditation lost any semblance to its Eastern counterpart and became what most understand as meditation today -- a way to relax and get rid of tension. Of course this is nothing like the Tibetan concept of mind practice or mind preparation, which involves the intense use of the mind. It is unfortunate that this very

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Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights active mind practice has also come under the general label of meditation here in the West. it may be helpful to clarify and describe what it is that the Tibetan Buddhists (and other groups too) do when they sit down on their cushions. the answer will not that they are "practicing". In general.
Gaps in the Clouds Having pointed this out. Indeed. or they are "sitting". What then is mind practice? The most important difference between sitting practice (mind practice) and meditation as it is understood in this
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. They sit and observe. There are many Tibetan words for the different kinds of mind practice that are possible. while in the West we have just the one word: meditation. that is what takes place. if you ask them what they are doing on their cushions.

taking only a few minutes to learn.net. When looking for training in mind practice.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights country. Most Buddhist and some Hindu groups offer this type of mind practice. be sure to ask for a technique that emphasizes concentration on the present moment -.being present.
The Thirty Lunar Days The actual technique is quite simple. It is important that you receive instruction from someone
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. It is very active. The technique is called Shamata training in Tibetan Buddhism and Zazen in Zen Buddhism. is that mind practice is anything but relaxing or passive. and not some of the more dreamy relaxation techniques. What you need in order to use lunar gaps is to become very alert and observant. And it is worth getting this instruction from someone authorized to give it. I would be happy to send a list of well-respected centers to anyone who writes me at Michael@erlewine.

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights trained in the technique. and get an authentic connection with a tradition. After the Moon crests and begins to set is a good time to bring activities to a close. It is a fact that many have trouble sleeping when the Full Moon makes this overhead transit in the middle of the night. you can plan on building tension (and attention) while the Full Moon is rising and an easing of that state just after the Moon crests overhead. Learning to get in step with and to make use of the Moon cycle is part of astrological basic training. Even the non-astrologer cannot help but notice the time of the Full Moon each month -. transits overhead. and begins to set. Often sleep will not come until the Moon finishes rising. There has been general agreement among astrologers for thousands of years as to how the lunar cycle functions and the uses to which it can be put.
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. This has been used by some as a way to determine whether a latenight party or a bout of TV watching will be a satisfying experience.when the full disk of the Moon passes overhead around midnight. In general. Sleep often will come with ease at this point.

Check it out for yourself. in the East there are other days that are considered of greater importance. such as the 10th and 25th lunar days. In both traditions. Here in the West. there is less congruence when it comes to the quarter moons. However. and the days prior to new moon are set aside for invoking the 190
. or devil's days. days when the darker forces have power. there is agreement that the 2 or 3 days preceding the moment of the new moon are difficult ones. which require special observation.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
The Four Quarters It seems that. the lunar quarters are next in importance after the new and full moon times. although East and West agree on the importance of new and full moons. Both traditions affirm that we sort of survive these final days each month. The three days before new moon can be a hard time. The East is in total agreement on this point. In the West these days have been called the dark of the Moon.

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. those energies that ward off harm and protect us during the worst of times. during days prior to full and new moon.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights fierce dharma protectors. It is clear from the literature that the times of the new and full moon are considered of great importance. In a similar vein. the 29th day (the day before new moon) is called dharma protector day. both physical and mental. Ritual fasting. In summary.
Protector Days In particular. days in which the various guardian and protector deities are again invoked. there is some attempt at purification.a ritual purification. and the like are common practices. confession of errors. the 14th day is often given over to fire puja -. the days just prior to the full moon (the 13th and 14th) are also days of purification.

waxing phase of the cycle. and the new moon completes the feminine. or active. To my knowledge. In many traditions.
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. what are called the father-line deities. this kind of analysis does not exist in the West. The full moon completes the masculine. the monks and priests assemble for a day of special observance. As pointed out.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights These days are set aside for special rituals and worship. the full moon celebration and the entire waxing lunar fortnight are oriented to the masculine element in consciousness. full and new moon (full more than new) are times of collective worship and public confession. The new moon and the waning fortnight are given over to the motherline deities and the feminine element. In the East. waning phase of the month.

these two days even rival the new and full moon days in importance. the two most auspicious lunar days in the East are the 10th and the 25th. 10th. called Dakini Day. in general.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Days of Observation Aside from the new and full moon. The 10th day (108º to 120º). is considered auspicious for invoking the father-line deities -. is given over to the feminine principle and the mother line deities. the 10th and the 25th.the masculine.
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. are formal feast days. In many respects. full. days of observation when extra offerings are made and increased attention given to what is happening. called Daka Day. The 25th day (288º to 300º). There is some sense of celebration at these points in the month. 25th) are the primary auspicious days as practiced in many Eastern rituals. The fact is that these four days (new. These two days.

occurring in the feminine half of the month. is dedicated to Tara practice. Again this occurs in the male. which might also interest Western astrologers. long life. Tara is the female deity connected to health. The 23rd day (264º to 276º).
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Health and Healing There are many other days of lesser importance. and healing in general. or father-line. half of the month. The 8th day (84º to 96º) is often called Medicine Buddha Day. It is these days that straddle the first and last lunar quarters. Health and healing are important in Eastern ritual.

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. still finer subdivisions that are made. we might ask ourselves how this Eastern approach to the lunation cycle might be of value in the West? As mentioned earlier. In addition. joints. a major fact is that the lunar cycle is perceived as having a variety of gaps. or points of articulation that can be used.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Purification Days Earlier we mentioned the days given over to purification. It should be kept in mind that. most prominently the 13th and the 29th. Next. in the East. these major observance days are enough to give us the idea of how Eastern astrologers approach the lunar cycle. everyone observes these days. the 9th and the 19th days are also noted as days when the protector deities should be invoked and kept in mind. astrology is practiced by the general public. are days of purification.

Insight Moments It is an intuitive fact that moments of clarity and insight (gaps) do come in the course of living. Therefore. and few Western rituals exist (to my knowledge) for these events. What Eastern astrology seems to suggest to us is that many of these gaps are not just random events that occur in our life.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights can be seen as chinks in the armor of our particular obscurations. joints in the nick of time. Many Western mystery traditions also observe the times of the full (and sometimes the new) moon.
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. it is common practice to set aside some portion of these special days for observance. full moon meditations are common. haphazardly. The quarter moons are given less attention. when insights are somehow more possible than at other times. We all benefit from this kind of insight. for meditation. They are regular opportunities.

When the Eastern mind meditates on special lunar days. it sets aside a time to observe with great care the nature of that particular day. In fact. the meditator is right here. Tibet. Meditation as taught in Tibet and Japan is a technique that increases our abilities to observe. It is observation of what is. The meditator is not lost in deep inner space. This is why it is said that these special days are days set aside for observation. This is very far from the truth of what is considered meditation in India. and other Eastern countries. that is our Western take on the concept of meditation. observing the mind and life. In the East.
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.a quiet time. Japan. now. meditation is a form of observation.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights It is unfortunate that the concept of meditation entertained by the public here in the West amounts to some kind of relaxation therapy -. and of what is happening in one's mind and environment.

we are beginning to learn these techniques of observation. we might be more willing to give it credence. If we have an insight at one of these time. This kind of awareness appears to be what is required to pick up on these natural events. This is not to say the new or full moon days are days of peace and quiet.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Open Channels Here in the West. It is quite clear from the Eastern teachings that the moments of full and new moon are times when the various channels in the psychophysical body are somehow aligned. Any patience or forbearance we can muster at that time will be much rewarded. By setting aside a time on these special lunar days for observation. knowing that it is happening on such-and-such a lunar day. And so on. although a new or full moon day may tend to be wild or hectic. In other 198
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As a society. We read about and discuss ideas on the lunar cycle.the ultimate opportunity. there can be deep insights available to us at these times. they practice what they preach. According to these same teachings.
East and West In summary. The lunar cycle and its effects and opportunities have been analyzed in great detail in the Eastern teaching. Here in the West. It exists as a guide to practice. In other words. it would appear that we are somewhat more theoretical. both male and female energies (channels) are in simultaneous alignment -. but very few astrologers that I have met make use of the lunar-phase cycle as a guide to day-to-day practice. an eclipse at the full or new moon is even more auspicious. the major difference between Eastern and Western astrology as related to the lunation cycle is that in the East any lunar theory is put to the test.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights words. during these very special events. we 199
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Or. we are looking at the cycle of the lunar phases. Here we have concentrated on the synodic cycle of the sun.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights don't even observe the full or new moon. And. but here we are not examining that part of the tradition.the lunation cycle. East or West. that is what astrology is all about and why we practice it. East and West. something practiced both here and in the East. The Eastern approach to the lunar cycle is quite ancient and very detailed. and earth -.
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. We have ignored the use by astrologers of the Moon in the signs and houses. In other words. here in the West we may know that it is new or full moon. is a reflection of reality rather than something we have made up. I assume that the existing lunar tradition. but we do nothing out of the ordinary in response to that information. much less the quarters or any of the other possible lunar days. I assume that both astrological traditions have been engaged in recording something rather than nothing all of these centuries. It is true that most astrologers are aware of the zodiac sign the Moon is in. moon. the general public seldom even takes note of lunar events. of course. After all.

When I ran out of new texts to study. In addition. I sought out some of the living Eastern meditators who observe the lunar cycle on a regular basis. Through any
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. translating various Buddhist texts on the subject. one individual skilled in Sanskrit and Tibetan astrology spent almost two years here. preliminary. my study of the lunation cycle has led me from Western to Eastern texts in an attempt to obtain more practical information for day-to-day living. we have had a wide variety of Eastern astrologers living and working at our center in recent years.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Summary On a personal note. From my experience with these sources. For example. the primary piece of information that stays with me is that reading about or listening to someone with experience in this area is. Both text and teachers (however fine they may be) can but point beyond themselves to the lunar cycle itself. by definition.

It was not very many years ago that science gave little or no credence to the possibility of a lunar effect on life here on earth. They are telling us: Observe these days. all sources seem united in this one maxim: go and see for yourself. Is there any scientific evidence to back this up? Scientific research into the lunation cycle over the last 15-20 years is fascinating from an astrologer's perspective. The purpose of the teachings is the experience itself that waits to be known. Today it is no longer a
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The Lunation Cycle
In other sections. the East and the west. Call it meditation or observation (whatever). on lunar astrology. we have presented thoughts from both sides of the world.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights differences that exist. but observe with care and attention if these insight gaps are there.

It is this connection that we will detail here. More important to astrologers. and a step closer to the psychological. the research at this point is so extensive that in this brief article we can only mention some of the high points in the existing literature.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights question of "is there an effect?" but rather one of "let me count the ways." In fact. that science still has little or nothing to say about psychological or personal events connected with lunar activity. It should go without saying. weather. Instead. but I will repeat it here. it has discussed how the moon relates to such things as rainfall. is the growing evidence for a hard connection between lunar activity and geomagnetic activity. and atmosphere.
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the. For the most part. very much more solar radiation reaches the earth than at other times.our aura or mandala.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights emerges from modern research is one where each body (the earth. and this radiation surrounds us and even keeps some things out -. The earth's aura (or magnetosphere as it is called) keeps at bay enormous amounts of radiation coming from the sun and from the galaxy in which our solar system is a part. The weaker cosmic radiation must wait for the years of sunspot minimum to reach their maximum penetration. or during the peak of the sunspot cycle (like this year).
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. sun. Please examine the diagrams of the magnetosphere shown below as we examine some of the scientific evidence that relates to the lunation cycle -.lunar power. Very energetic particles can penetrate our magnetosphere and find their way through the atmosphere to the surface of the earth itself. and perhaps even each of us) is surrounded by some sort of magnetic field. We radiate. these particles funnel in from the north and south polar caps via field lines of high geomagnetic declination. During times of increased solar activity such as solar flares.

1 to 3 days after a solar flare. Although the mechanism of this phenomenon is still being examined. This lunar auroral tidal effect in the upper atmosphere can be correlated with flood and ebb tides on earth.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Auroras Although we have long studied oceanic tides. It has now been shown that these auroral peaks and valleys are modulated by the position of the Moon. These particles (depending on their intrinsic energy and the current density of the atmosphere) penetrate the atmosphere. it is generally understood that auroras are associated with the arrival of solar corpuscular radiation in the magnetosphere. auroras are caused by the excitation of atmospheric molecules by energetic charged particles penetrating the atmosphere along geomagnetic field lines. For example. we know now that there are atmospheric tides as well that move in response to the position of the Moon. thus linking 205
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it was found that increased rainfall at these two peak times in the month was greater at solar minimum than at solar maximum. According to many studies. about a half week after new and full moon rainfall reaches a peak. rainfall maximizes midway through the 1st and Third Quarters of the lunar synodic month. In other words. In addition.
Rainfall It has been well documented that rainfall is correlated with the Moon's position in its monthly cycle. The lunar cycle accounts for 65 pecent of the variance during years of solar minimum. It has been suggested that 206
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. It has been shown that the maximum in thunderstorms coincides with the maximum in galactic cosmic radiation and vice versa. There have been many studies on the relationship of cosmic radiation to lunar activity. As mentioned.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights cosmic radiation may be a factor. Cosmic radiation consists of energetic particles entering our solar system from beyond its aura. In other words. since this form of radiation penetrates more deeply into the solar system during years of low solar activity. During the years of high solar activity. a more powerful solar wind helps to keep out cosmic radiation.
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it has been shown that thunderstorm activity is modulated by lunar position. geomagnetic activity reaches a minimum during the 2nd lunar quarter and a maximum during 3rd lunar quarter. cosmic radiation is strong enough to penetrate the solar aura and reach the earth's atmosphere. Thunderstorms and the Moon -. Thunderstorm frequency reaches a maximum two days after full moon and remains high for most of the third quarter. When the Moon is less than 3 1/2 degrees from the plane of the ecliptic.
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It was a surprise to scientists when.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Polar Cap Absorption (PCA) PCA happens when solar protons from solar flares enter the earth's upper atmosphere in high geomagnetic latitudes. These periods of severe ionospheric disturbance are often marked by Forbush decreases. it is as if there were a magnetic screening of galactic cosmic radiation by the enhanced solar plasma.5 days). It has been noted.3-day period would be found. often causing radio blackouts and increased auroral activity. results fingered the lunar synodic period (29. it was expected that a 27. In effect. that PCA events and Forbush decreases seem to be ordered with the lunar synodic period (29. instead. when the counting rate of background galactic cosmic radiation has a sudden anomalous decrease which might take hours to days to recover to normal levels. 210
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Solar Sectors Solar sectors and the geometry of the solar magnetic field represent important areas for research. The solar wind is a plasma of charged particles endlessly being ejected from the surface of the sun. 211
. All of the planets are within the aura or atmosphere of the sun. however. since the sun itself is rotating. These particles tend to concentrate in the plane of the ecliptic. Each charged particle moves away from the sun in a straight line.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Therefore. these particle streams get bent into a spiral of the type made famous by Archimedes. it is possible that the moon somehow controls solar corpuscular radiation streaming toward the earth. The mechanism is still undetermined at this time. In addition. This is the interplanetary magnetic field. this plasma contains a frozen-in magnetic region constituting the sun's magnetic field that conforms to this spiral. the solar wind.

each night. We are most shielded from this direction around 9 P. The fact is that each of us are exposed to this general direction around 9 AM each morning. on the morning side of the earth. solar particles approach the earth guided by the solar magnetic field. charged. They come in from the western side of the sun (morning side of earth) at about a 45-degree angle to the earth. Both the slow (4 days) and fast (10 minutes to several hours).
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The magnetic field direction is either positive (away from the sun) or negative (toward the sun). each with an alternating polarity. vary as a function of position within the solar sectors. Studies show a maximum in thunderstorm activity when the earth passes from a positive sector into a negative sector. These sectors are tied into definite regions on the surface of the sun. as well as the velocity and number density of the solar wind flux. It has been suggested that this may be thought of as a rigid disk in the plane of the ecliptic with four quadrants connected to the sun and rotating with it in its 27-day rotation cycle -. thus there is a weekly fluctuation in the Kp-geomagnetic index. which are of corresponding magnetic signs.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
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A maximum for these values is reached when the moon is in the Second Quarter. and Forbush decreases shows that PCA and Forbush decreases reach a minimum during the middle of the 4th lunar quarter when the moon is near the 45º axis and thus between the earth and the spot where the charged particles arrive from the sun. unable to block the particle advance.
Lunar Variations A study of the lunar position in relation to the Kpgeomagnetic index.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights sectors like a great pinwheel rotate past the earth exposing our planet to alternating positive and negative solar phases. It has been shown that the moon has an electrical charge of at least 100 V/m. PCA. There is also a minimum in the Kp-geomagnetic index during Second Quarters when PCA and Forbush 214
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at that time. The 25th/26th days are when the Moon somehow block or inhibits the solar magnetic field. There is a sharp rise in the Kp index just prior to full moon and continuing into third quarter.
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. 10th/11th day are the maximum for PCP activity. It has been suggested that at Second Quarter the moon may least disturb the geomagnetic field. which is. This is when the father-line deities are observed in Eastern astrology. It has been suggested that this might be due to the magnetohydrodynamic wake of the moon interacting with the tail of the magnetosphere or modulating the flow of solar particles to the tail. This is when the mother-line deities are celebrated in that tradition. most active.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights decreases are at a maximum.

Statistical studies show that solar flares occurring on the eastern portion of the sun are much less frequently associated with geomagnetic storms than those occurring near the central or western portion. guided by the solar magnetic field. and the same for least activity and greatest calm (female). while the eastern portion of the sun is not.
Solar Flares Flares occur during periods of solar activity. These regions of activity (near
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. which typically last a few days. these particles come in from the Western side of the sun at about a 45º angle to the morning side of earth.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights has some scientific backup. The western portion of the sun is strongly magnetically linked to the earth. As pointed out. This is due to the fact that solar corpuscular radiation approaches the earth from the west.

During this period. which is magnetically linked to the earth. and that radiation is swept along behind whatever trajectory the object travels. Some periods when solar protons have bombarded the upper atmosphere have lasted over ten days. It is fascinating to see scientific evidence
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. recurrent particle streams from an active sunspot region can reach the earth.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights sunspots) travel from east to west across the face of the sun. Thus active solar regions (generating particles capable of reaching the earth) move into and through the western section of the sun. It seems that all bodies have a field or aura around them.
Summary This has been a very brief description of some of the geophysical research that has been performed in the last 20 years and that might be of interest to astrologers. The earth and the sun radiate. with a sunspot taking about seven days to travel from the central meridian to the western limb.

It is this point in the lunar Second Quarter. It is interesting to note that. on the surface at any rate. ancient tradition and modern science appear to have some general agreement. As pointed out in the another article on the lunation cycle. The fourth quarter.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights emerging that seems to conform with the astrological tradition. At this point the moon (perhaps due to its magnetic field) effectively blocks and cuts off some of the radiation stemming from the sun. the Moon reaches a point of least blockage. At the opposite point in its orbit (around 135º). where the Moon effectively blocks the solar radiation. the 10th and 25th lunar days have been found (for ages) to be significant periods within the month. that the Eastern astrologers have set aside as a time for the masculine (active) element. where some kind of change or transition takes place. The Moon in its monthly cycle appears to (somehow) modulate this stream of radiation when it reaches the area surrounding a solunar phase angle of some 315º.
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. Technically oriented astrologers may want to consider the following and what it could mean. it is important that these concepts be made available again in terms of a computer program. Here are the ideas: The Pull of the Moon The Moon's pull is strongest when it is nearest. and that happens when it is straight up or overhead (Moon up). No longer available. A lot of this was programmed and released in a program called Time Cycles (written by myself) some years ago. This point is called the zenith.

The Moon is weakest in radial upward force when it is on either horizon. stronger than gravity. or overhead. and pushes us out or away from the surface of the Earth. At these times the radial force is directed downwards toward the center of the Earth.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights beneath us at a point called the nadir (Moon down).
Moon Up / Moon Down When the Moon is at the zenith. rising or setting. The two points during the day when the Moon is up or down are when the radial lunar force is at a maximum. the effect of the Moon at zenith or nadir is to lift us up or away from the surface of the Earth. ever so slightly. When the Moon is at the nadir (on the other side of the Earth from us). but for different reasons. a special form of centrifugal force. sometimes the pull of Moon up is greater than 223
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the pull is unequal. the pull of Moon up is the same as that of Moon down for a given day.
The Moon in the Signs When the Moon is in the equinoctial signs. However. which varies during the course of a month. This diurnal inequality is responsible for the difference in the height of successive high tides and depends upon which part of the ecliptic the Moon is located. Cancer and Capricorn. Aries and Libra. When the Moon is above the equator and in the sign Cancer. This variation depends upon what is called the diurnal inequality.
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Moon on the Horizon The Moon is weakest. However. when it is on the horizon. the angle between my nadir's latitude (40 degrees South) and the declination of the Moon at .Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
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. this too varies during the month depending on the declination of the Moon. either rising or setting. However. then at Moon up. If I am here in Big Rapids at almost 44 degrees of latitude North and the Moon has a declination of minus 28 degrees (which it can reach). each day. as mentioned.28 degrees is only some 16 degrees. when the Moon is at my nadir (Moon down). the Moon down pull will be much stronger than the Moon up pull. At this time. some 12 hours later.

Gravitational Force Both the Sun and Moon exert a gravitational pull on the Earth. the Moon will be closer to you in the ecliptic sign Cancer and this will cause the Moon to be somewhat stronger at Moonrise and set. This effect varies with the monthly lunar cycle. In any case. if you are residing in a northern latitude. the stronger the effect. we experience their combined effect rather than each singly.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights your own geographic latitude. Therefore. its greater distance results in the gravitational pull of the Moon being almost twice that of the Sun. Although the Sun is much more massive.
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This pull is weakest at the lunar quarters. added to the solar effect and the resultant tractive force is increased in the ration 3:2 . is strong again at the Full Moon and then weak at Fourth Quarter. Therefore. It is strongest at new moon. this pull waxes and wanes with the month. During the First and Last Quarters. the tide-generating force of the Sun being one half that of the Moon. when the Moon and Sun are some 90 degrees apart. and on around. This combined solar/lunar force is subject to some variation (other than that already pointed out) due to the fact that the Moon can have latitude above or below the ecliptic.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
New and Full Moons At New and Full Moons. the resultant tractive force is roughly one half of the lunar force alone. grows weaker at First Quarter. At New and Full Moon. the Moon's tidal effect is. the combined pull of the Sun and the Moon is greatest. in effect. The Moon's orbit can reach some 5 degrees 227
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In any case. the combined force of the Sun and Moon is greatest. Yet it is the combined vector force of the Sun and Moon that produces the strongest pull that we feel during any 24 hour period. Where the Moon crosses the ecliptic are what are called the ascending and descending nodes of the Moon.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights above or below the plane of the Earth's orbit. here are the various components that the program will calculate and graph:
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. these are often unequal in magnitude. You will note that there are two periods each day (zenith & nadir) when this component reaches a maximum value and that.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Radial component This is the tidal component that lifts us away from the face of the Earth at zenith and nadir passage. depending on your geographic latitude. aside from the above mentioned four. the effect is to push us down towards the center of the Earth. the effect is transverse or horizontal:
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The North/South component is of the same order of magnitude as the East/West component. we experience an Easterly pull. In other latitudes. After Moonrise.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights and magnitude. East/West horizontal component These forces reach zero values at zenith. rising and setting times and become strongest at the intermediate times (45 degree points) between the above four events. North/South horizontal component These force also have a North South component that varies on a 24 hour basis. These horizontal components vary depending upon the geographic latitude. dropping off again at Moon down. nadir. while at Moonrise and Moonset it is directed toward the North. it is directed toward the South. and functions as follows. It is much like the East/West component. At this point. a Westerly pull is again felt. There is no North/South component for places located along the equator. reaches maximum magnitude some 45 degrees (3 hours) after Moon up. the force vector describes an ellipse. and fades until we reach the point at which the Moon is setting at which time the horizontal force has again dropped to zero. diminishing to zero at Moonrise.
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The Declination Cycle The monthly cycle (tropical month of 27.32 days) of lunar declination contributes to the overall tidal effects. Thus the total declination of the Moon can reach some 28 1/2 degrees above and below the ecliptic. This happens (North or South) once in about 18.

but move slowly forward along the ecliptic over a nine year period. The gravitational pull of the Moon is much stronger at perigee than at apogee. The apogee/perigee points (the line of asides that connects them) are not fixed along the ecliptic. The Moon moves at its greatest speed when it is at perigee and at its slowest when furthest from the Earth at apogee.
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Lunar Speed In addition. The resulting effect is the Moon speeds up and slows down at different rates in the four weeks from one perigee to the next. and this fluctuation is called evection. The Nodal Cycle. and slower from the New Moon to the First Quarter.

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights occurs when, at the same time, the Sun is a perigee, the Sun and Moon are at Full or New Moon and both the Sun and Moon have zero declination. This happens about once in 1600 years, 250 B.C., 1400 A.D, and it will happen around 3300 A.D.

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Major Tide-related Phenomena Semi-Diurnal (12 hr., 25 min.) Time between Moon up and Moon down caused by the rotation of the Earth. Diurnal (24 hr., 50 min.), time between succeeding upper and lower transits of the Moon caused by rotation of the Earth and declination of Sun and Moon. Interval between spring tides (14.76 days average), time from New Moon to Full Moon or vice versa caused by the phase relation between the Sun and Moon. Lunar fortnightly (13.66 days), time for moon to change declination from zero to maximum and back to zero caused by the varying declination of the Moon. Anomalistic month (17.55 days), time for moon to go from perigee to perigee caused by the ellipticity of the Moon's orbit.

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Solar Wind In recent year, the phenomenon of the solar wind has become of more interest to researchers. In brief, the Sun spews forth an endless stream of charged particles in all directions -- the solar wind. This solar wind blows far out into the solar system and beyond. The Earth's magnetic fields serve to shield us from direct contact with the solar wind's charged particles. The Earth's magnetic field is rounded toward the Suns, and stretches out in a long tail away from the Sun, just like a comet. The solar wind rushes around and past the Earth and on out into space. The Moon passes thru the different sections of the Earths magnetic sphere in its monthly orbit. At New Moon it is always in the upstream portion of the magnetosphere, facing the Sun and downstream in the Earth's tail at Full Moon. At First Quarter, the Moon is to the dusk side of Earth and at Fourth Quarter, the Moon is in the dawn side of the 237

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights magnetosphere. The interrelationship of the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere is receiving considerable attention in recent years. It has been suggested that the passage of the Moon thru the Earths magnetic shield may serve to trigger various weather and magnetic activity. The interrelationship of indicators like the geomagnetic index, solar flux and other measures of solar activity with the Moon is just now in the process of being researched and understood.

From First to Last Quarter, the Moon is traveling faster than the Earth, and from Last Quarter to First Quarter, slower.

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The Sun: Details The Sun is a variable star that is unlike any we know. It revolves east to west (in the direction of the signs of the Zodiac -- counterclockwise. The equator of the Sun is another fundamental reference plane to which we could refer all planetary motion. The inclination of the solar equator to the ecl iptic is 7°15' and the longitude of the ascending node to the ecliptic of 1950 is 75°04'. Some interesting data about our Sun: Period of synodic rotation 26.75 + 5.72 sin in φ d. Period of sidereal rotation (φ = 17°)= 25.38 days Corresponding synodic period = 27.275 days Sun's angular velocity (φ = 17°)= 2.865xl0-6 rad s-1 Sun's radius = 864934.6 miles Sun's mass = 1.989(2)x 1033g 239

Think on these diagrams. It is useful to visualize how the Moon moves in relationship to being inside and outside the position of the earth in its own orbit. Note that at the New Moon the Moon is heading in the exact opposite direction to that of the earth. The Earth and Moon are in the same degree of the zodiac. Above is a diagram of the moment of New Moon.
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The New Moon We know the Moon orbits the earth each month. the nearest one which is Mars. when the Sun and Moon are aligned inside the earth‟s orbit. shuttling between the earth and the Sun and between the Earth the outer planets.

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First Quarter Here the Moon is balanced between the inside and the outer side of the earth‟s orbit and moving toward the outward side at right angles to the motion of the earth itself.

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Full Moon Here the Moon is on the outermost side of its orbit. Notice that the direction and momentum of the Moon is the same as that of the earth.

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Last Quarter Here the Moon is balanced between the inside and the outer side of the earth‟s orbit and moving toward the inward side of the earth‟s orbit.

to check it out for ourselves. I mean how many people do you know who practice observing or using their mind anyway? Most of us assume that the mind is perfectly usable just as we find it. If we don't observe these special times. the mind is considered by nature to be unruly and hard to manage. In the East. This is true for countries like Tibet. No one would think of trying to do much with it without considerable 248
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The lunar cycle and its gaps are available to everyone. and even parts of China and Japan. most people are introduced to basic observation techniques or mind practice from an early age. much of India. it is because we have set no time aside to observe. Over there. Nepal. all the time. it is pretty much obligatory. It is unfortunate that mind practice is not much known of here in the West.

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Mind Practice We might wonder why this style of mind practice has never caught on in North America.

while in the West we have just the one word: meditation. They sit and observe. What then is mind practice? The most important difference between sitting practice (mind practice) and meditation as it is understood in this
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be sure to ask for a technique that emphasizes concentration on the present moment -. Most Buddhist and some Hindu groups offer this type of mind practice. It is important that you receive instruction from someone trained in the technique. And it is worth getting this instruction from someone authorized to give it. What you need in order to use lunar gaps is to become very alert and observant. MI 49307. and not some of the more dreamy relaxation techniques. When looking for training in mind proactice. taking only a few minutes to learn. I would be happy to send a list of well-respected centers to anyone who writes me at 315 Marion Avenue. The technique is called Shamata training in Tibetan Buddhism and Zazen in Zen Buddhism.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
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This has been used by some as a way to determine whether a latenight party or a bout of TV watching will be a satisfying experience. and begins to set. After the Moon crests and begins to set is a good time to bring activities to a close. Often sleep will not come until the Moon finishes rising. It is a fact that many have trouble sleeping when the Full Moon makes this overhead transit in the middle of the night. Learning to get in step with and to make use of the Moon cycle is part of astrological basic training.
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complete with a brief interpretation of the combination and solunar phase angle. and Astro*Image card for the particular solunar phase under consideration. In addition to this. and then you Sun and Moon interpretations.
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The 144 Solunar Combinations
Throughout the history of astrology. Included below are all 144 solunar combinations. in particular their combination in a natal chart. following the 144 combinations are interpretations for the Sun and Moon in the twelve zodiac signs. Be sure to read both sections. your particular solunar combination and phase angle. perhaps the most important two bodies have been those of the Sun and the Moon. Note. the Sun and Moon interpretations are given for both the natal chart and the transit chart.

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. You may feel inspired. You can see what needs to be done right now. You are not afraid to jump in and take the lead. direct.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aries (Initiate / Action) Moon in Aries (Initiate / Action) You come across as an active. lighting up this time with clarity and visions of what can be accomplished. and also farther on up the road. kind of person. perhaps even a little too aggressive. look-you-in-theeye. with some fresh ideas burning brightly.
0 to 30 Degrees (Envisioning / Ideas) You should be able to sense a new beginning.

using any and all the help you can get . evaluate them. this will not come about without and effort and there will be obstacles that will appear. and are probably a good listener. You want the new plans you are making to succeed and become manifest. A producer. and build on that.
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30 to 60 Degrees (Planning) Putting new ideas to work is important here.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aries (Initiate / Action) Moon in Taurus (Embody / Possess) You come across to others as receptive. However.

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and to look toward the goal. For the sake of what you care for. communicative in words and ideas. perhaps above all. whether written or spoken." a not perfect situation.
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60 to 90 Degrees (Sacrifice / Preparation) If you are looking for a time. This may require acceptance of "what is. in order to get your new plans launched. a natural communicator. Keep your eye on the ball. and the going could be easier. this is it. better to let outmoded or unimportant things pass. Plan things out and get a better grip on the forces around you.

in favor of family closeness and togetherness. No time for hesitating. foregoing any public or social stance. just do it. producing something that can't be easily ignored. where continued effort and action on your part can make the difference and bring about real change.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aries (Initiate / Action) Moon in Cancer (Feel / Experience) You appear to others as very much a home lover and a family man.
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120-150 Degrees (Embody / Building) By this point. to build them physically into something solid.

and very detail oriented. perhaps even compassionate.
150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up. Explore all the nooks and crannies. caring.
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180-210 Degrees (Experience It) Stop the engines.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aries (Initiate / Action) Moon in Libra (Public / Partners) You are very outgoing in your manner. such as it can be. you coast and experience things for a while. because this is it! Don't push on farther.
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and feel confidence and pride in what you have done. And now is when you can own this event. but rather a time to let things take their course. You should be able to get a better idea of what will come out of this. and most definitely ready for business. This is not the time for action. perhaps a bit preoccupied. You appear critical or analytical.
210-240 Degrees (Express / Teach It) You are in the thick of things.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aries (Initiate / Action) Moon in Scorpio (Business / Critical) You come across probably as quite intense. perhaps just starting to get a handle on what is going on around you.
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240-270 Degrees (Conserve / Preserver) A time to take stock. and plug some of the leaks. what you see is what you get. step back. Conservation. frank. and you appear just as you are. and perhaps at times even too direct.
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270-300 Degrees (Public / Objective) A major turning point. You communicate that you are in charge or at least willing and able to be. where you can just let go and find it easy to turn away from purely personal worries and memories.
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ignoring the external world. and enjoy working with others. You have psychological skills. perhaps even somewhat self-sacrificing.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aries (Initiate / Action) Moon in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) It is obvious at first meeting.
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330-360 Degrees (Encapsulate / Essence) At more inward time. that you are very understanding and accepting of others. and that will last.

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330-360 Degrees (Encapsulate / Essence) At more inward time. and providing for your own support network.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Taurus (Embody / Possess) Moon in Aries (Initiate / Action) You are active.

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30 to 60 Degrees (Planning) Putting new ideas to work is important here. the mind in all its facets. this will not come about without and effort and there will be obstacles that will appear. is one area where you are naturally productive.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Taurus (Embody / Possess) Moon in Gemini (Communication) Communication and communicating. Here is a chance to move beyond old habits (whatever may be obstructing your way)and actually push your plans forward toward action.very much community oriented. and able to create a support environment where you can thrive. You want the new plans you are making to succeed and become manifest. using any and all the help you can get . 270
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is as close as your own home an family.
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90-120 Degrees (Sign Progress / Achievement) This is one of those critical points.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Taurus (Embody / Possess) Moon in Leo (Express / Awareness) A creative environment. No time for hesitating.

so making a solid effort will take you a long way.
120-150 Degrees (Embody / Building) By this point. but well on their way. and care are the keywords. to build them physically into something solid. things should be not only started. This is a point of least resistance and solid momentum.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Taurus (Embody / Possess) Moon in Virgo (Care / Conserving) An environment of care and attention to detail is one where you will prosper and be most productive. Also this is the time to embody your ideas. a good time to take control.
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while you have the energy. and wrap the project up. Complete the detailed infrastructure.
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150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up. Establish communications.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Taurus (Embody / Possess) Moon in Libra (Public / Partners) A public life and mixing with society at large is an environment in which you can thrive and probably be most productive. A social being. This is not so much a time to continue expanding.

Just let go and ride.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Taurus (Embody / Possess) Moon in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Deep in the world of business. This is the fullness you have worked for. because this is it! Don't push on farther. where many wither an die. such as it can be. you coast and experience things for a while. putting your analytical skills to work in real productivity. is an environment where you can prosper and thrive.
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210-240 Degrees (Express / Teach It) You are in the thick of things.) or the spiritual (religion. to do more. etc. This is not the time for action.

so you may want to conserve your gains. and one where you can prosper and thrive.
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and a willingness to just grow up. when you are engaged in some community project or goal. You could feel a growing sense of responsibility. The community itself is a world in which you most feel at home and one where you can thrive.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Taurus (Embody / Possess) Moon in Aquarius (Community / Plans) You may feel most productive and worthwhile.
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270-300 Degrees (Public / Objective) A major turning point. where you can just let go and find it easy to turn away from purely personal worries and memories.

300-330 Degrees (Critical / Business) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand. deep sense of acceptance.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Taurus (Embody / Possess) Moon in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) You may only feel truly productive when you are working with and helping others.
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and give attention to the things the really matter. ignoring the external world. and usually an enriching experience. like farmers grow wheat.
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and point things where you want them to go. a good time to take control. as well. things should be not only started. This is a point of least resistance and solid momentum.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Gemini (Communication) Moon in Libra (Public / Partners) You may be very conservative (read careful) in your communications. so making a solid effort will take you a long way. to build them physically into something solid. but also convey a sense of care and concern. but well on their way.
120-150 Degrees (Embody / Building) By this point. and probably communicate not only with care.
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This is not so much a time to continue expanding. Explore all the nooks and crannies. pure business. you communicate. while you have the energy. above all. and wrap the project up.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Gemini (Communication) Moon in Scorpio (Business / Critical) When it comes to communications. Complete the detailed infrastructure. right off the bat. you get right down to it. the nitty-gritty. but rather one in which to do the finish work. No time for small talk.
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150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up. Establish communications.

Just let go and ride. filled with philosophical or religious sentiments. and not idle chit-chat. you coast and experience things for a while. because this is it! Don't push on farther.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Gemini (Communication) Moon in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Your communications probably are very spiritual in nature.
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. From here. because you have accomplished what is possible for this round. This is the fullness you have worked for.
180-210 Degrees (Experience It) Stop the engines. such as it can be.

and this may be a sticking point. This is not the time for action.
210-240 Degrees (Express / Teach It) You are in the thick of things. perhaps just starting to get a handle on what is going on around you. more like a switchboard. by just riding it out. It might better be said that you manage your communications. but in a very organized manner. You should be able to get a better idea of what will come out of this. and feel confidence and pride in what you have done. but rather a time to let things take their course. 291
.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Gemini (Communication) Moon in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) You communicate. And now is when you can own this event. to do more. than participant.

240-270 Degrees (Conserve / Preserver) A time to take stock. while you have plenty of energy and a growing understanding of your situation.
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. step back. and plug some of the leaks. Things are throttling down. but to the community at large. for that is audience you are most concerned with.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Gemini (Communication) Moon in Aquarius (Community / Plans) You would prefer to communicate not one-to-one. so you may want to conserve your gains. Community communications. Conservation.

and take a more reflective and impersonal point of view. and a willingness to just grow up. and always with something more of a message than just to say hello. You communicate understanding.
270-300 Degrees (Public / Objective) A major turning point. acceptance. where you can just let go and find it easy to turn away from purely personal worries and memories.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Gemini (Communication) Moon in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) You share communications with others. and a sense of self-sacrifice. You could feel a growing sense of responsibility.
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involving your home and family. in particular. and a willingness to just grow up. You could feel a growing sense of responsibility.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Moon in Aries (Initiate / Action) When it comes to security issues.
270-300 Degrees (Public / Objective) A major turning point.
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. perhaps we could even say aggressive. where you can just let go and find it easy to turn away from purely personal worries and memories. and take a more reflective and impersonal point of view. you are very active.

They are your security blanket. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them.
300-330 Degrees (Critical / Business) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand. and find it. separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back.
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.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Moon in Taurus (Embody / Possess) You look to your home and family for support and nourishment.

and that will last.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Moon in Gemini (Communication) Your home and family is your primary source of communication.
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. and give attention to the things the really matter. and you feel secure in exchanging and communicating with your loved ones. ignoring the external world.
330-360 Degrees (Encapsulate / Essence) At more inward time.

0 to 30 Degrees (Envisioning / Ideas) You should be able to sense a new beginning. and also farther on up the road. They are the be all and end all. You can see what needs to be done right now.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Sun in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Moon in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Your security is your home and family. with some fresh ideas burning brightly.
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. and that is sacrosanct. lighting up this time with clarity and visions of what can be accomplished. You may feel inspired.

30 to 60 Degrees (Planning) Putting new ideas to work is important here.very much community oriented. You want the new plans you are making to succeed and become manifest. Here is a chance to move beyond old habits (whatever may be obstructing your way)and actually push your plans forward toward action. However. this will not come about without and effort and there will be obstacles that will appear. using any and all the help you can get . and it is through and with them that you best express yourself.
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.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Moon in Leo (Express / Awareness) You look to your home and family for creative release.

It may not be easy.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights But this will require patience and effort.
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" a not perfect situation.
60 to 90 Degrees (Sacrifice / Preparation) If you are looking for a time. and to look toward the goal. Plan things out and get a better grip on the forces around you. Keep your eye on the ball. For the sake of what you care for. this is it. in order to get your new plans launched. and the going could be easier. better to let outmoded or unimportant things pass. when things free up a bit.
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. This may require acceptance of "what is.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Moon in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Like an old momma hen. you are the caretaker and care giver. when it comes to your own home and family.

No time for hesitating.
90-120 Degrees (Sign Progress / Achievement) This is one of those critical points. producing something that can't be easily ignored. They are the society you seek. The result of your plans and ideas should have established a foothold here.
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. just do it.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Moon in Libra (Public / Partners) About as public as you get is with your own home and family. where continued effort and action on your part can make the difference and bring about real change.

Also this is the time to embody your ideas. because that may well be the best place to have a business.
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. so making a solid effort will take you a long way.
120-150 Degrees (Embody / Building) By this point. and point things where you want them to go. things should be not only started. to build them physically into something solid. at home. but well on their way. with them. This is a point of least resistance and solid momentum.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Moon in Scorpio (Business / Critical) You definitely bring your business home. a good time to take control.

150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up. starts and ends there. This is not so much a time to continue expanding. because your idea of what is spiritual and even religious. and wrap the project up. but rather one in which to do the finish work. Explore all the nooks and crannies. Complete the detailed infrastructure. while you have the energy.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Moon in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Your home and family might just as well be your church.
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. Establish communications.

above all. Just let go and ride. and probably are the general manager there. You are a practical homemaker.
180-210 Degrees (Experience It) Stop the engines. because this is it! Don't push on farther.
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. because you have accomplished what is possible for this round. such as it can be. This is the fullness you have worked for. you coast and experience things for a while.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Moon in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) You feel secure with your own home and family. From here.

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. to do more. but rather a time to let things take their course. whichever comes first. by just riding it out. perhaps just starting to get a handle on what is going on around you. and this may be a sticking point. You should be able to get a better idea of what will come out of this.
210-240 Degrees (Express / Teach It) You are in the thick of things.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Moon in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Your own home and family is your community or your whole community is your home and family. This is not the time for action. and feel confidence and pride in what you have done. And now is when you can own this event.

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Moon in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) Your own home and family is where you will learn understanding. while you have plenty of energy and a growing understanding of your situation. step back. so you may want to conserve your gains. and self-sacrifice. and not elsewhere.
240-270 Degrees (Conserve / Preserver) A time to take stock. and plug some of the leaks. Things are throttling down. acceptance.
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while you have plenty of energy and a growing understanding of your situation. you wear your heart on your sleeve. No secrets here.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Leo (Express / Awareness) Moon in Aries (Initiate / Action) When it comes to self expression and creativity. and plug some of the leaks. Conservation.
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. so you may want to conserve your gains.
240-270 Degrees (Conserve / Preserver) A time to take stock. Things are throttling down. you are very direct. step back. And often the first thought is the best thought. rather than thinking things through. usually taking immediate action.

where you can just let go and find it easy to turn away from purely personal worries and memories. You could feel a growing sense of responsibility. through your productivity.
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. and take a more reflective and impersonal point of view. perhaps best.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Leo (Express / Awareness) Moon in Taurus (Embody / Possess) You express yourself. and probably feel most creative when building something. and a willingness to just grow up. making things from ideas.
270-300 Degrees (Public / Objective) A major turning point.

but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them.
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. Communication is the way you are creative. writing . separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back.you name it.
300-330 Degrees (Critical / Business) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand. in particular via communication and communicating of all kinds: email. speech.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Leo (Express / Awareness) Moon in Gemini (Communication) You express yourself through your connections. phone.

but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Leo (Express / Awareness) Moon in Cancer (Feel / Experience) You are proud of and express yourself through your home and family. and this is where you feel most creative . separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back.surrounded by your loved ones and in the security of your own home.
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330-360 Degrees (Encapsulate / Essence) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand.

theater. music. You may feel inspired. and you naturally find many ways to express yourself. Your enthusiasm is catching. with some fresh ideas burning brightly. sports or as a teacher or coach. and also farther on up the road.
0 to 30 Degrees (Envisioning / Ideas) You should be able to sense a new beginning. lighting up this time with clarity and visions of what can be accomplished.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Sun in Leo (Express / Awareness) Moon in Leo (Express / Awareness) Creativity is a real passion with you. whether in the arts.
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. You want the new plans you are making to succeed and become manifest. and consideration you lavish on people and things. Here is a chance to move beyond old habits (whatever may be obstructing your way)and actually push your plans forward toward action. using any and all the help you can get .very much community oriented. However. this will not come about without and effort and there will be obstacles that will appear. whatever project you currently are concerned with.
30 to 60 Degrees (Planning) Putting new ideas to work is important here.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Leo (Express / Awareness) Moon in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Your major outlet for creativity and self-expression is through the care.

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights But this will require patience and effort.
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. It may not be easy.

For the sake of what you care for. Keep your eye on the ball.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Leo (Express / Awareness) Moon in Libra (Public / Partners) Your ideas of self expression generally is acted out in public. when things free up a bit. This may require acceptance of "what is.
60 to 90 Degrees (Sacrifice / Preparation) If you are looking for a time. Plan things out and get a better grip on the forces around you." a not perfect situation. in order to get your new plans launched. in full view of society. and the going could be easier. and to look toward the goal. better to let outmoded or unimportant things pass. That's the way you like and it satisfies that creative urge within yourself.
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. this is it.

where you cut through red tape and get right down to the nittygritty.
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. and probably related to some business decision or another.
90-120 Degrees (Sign Progress / Achievement) This is one of those critical points. The result of your plans and ideas should have established a foothold here. producing something that can't be easily ignored. just do it. where continued effort and action on your part can make the difference and bring about real change. You feel creative when you are in business mode. No time for hesitating.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Leo (Express / Awareness) Moon in Scorpio (Business / Critical) You tend to express yourself analytically.

and point things where you want them to go.
120-150 Degrees (Embody / Building) By this point.
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. You like your truth neat. so making a solid effort will take you a long way. This is a point of least resistance and solid momentum. things should be not only started. Also this is the time to embody your ideas. but well on their way.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Leo (Express / Awareness) Moon in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Your idea of creative self expression is paring down philosophical and religious concepts to their core. to their seed ideas. to build them physically into something solid. a good time to take control.

but rather one in which to do the finish work.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Leo (Express / Awareness) Moon in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) You feel perhaps most creative and self-expressive. Explore all the nooks and crannies.
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. and you are doing the managing. This is not so much a time to continue expanding. and wrap the project up. Establish communications. while you have the energy. when you are in the midst of a situation that requires management. Complete the detailed infrastructure.
150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up.

you coast and experience things for a while.
180-210 Degrees (Experience It) Stop the engines.
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. This brings out the creativity in you.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Leo (Express / Awareness) Moon in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Your major outlet for self expression is usually the community around you or at least some communityrelated project. such as it can be. Just let go and ride. because you have accomplished what is possible for this round. because this is it! Don't push on farther. From here. This is the fullness you have worked for.

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. and this may be a sticking point. but rather a time to let things take their course. perhaps just starting to get a handle on what is going on around you. by just riding it out. You should be able to get a better idea of what will come out of this. and feel confidence and pride in what you have done. This is not the time for action.
210-240 Degrees (Express / Teach It) You are in the thick of things. And now is when you can own this event. and your creativity is usually walking around on two feet. to do more.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Leo (Express / Awareness) Moon in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) You idea of self-expression usually comes in the work you do with other people.

210-240 Degrees (Express / Teach It) You are in the thick of things. taking action now. by just riding it out.
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.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Moon in Aries (Initiate / Action) Your idea of care and concern is usually quite direct. You believe in active care. perhaps just starting to get a handle on what is going on around you. And now is when you can own this event. This is not the time for action. rather than simply talking about it. and feel confidence and pride in what you have done. to do more. but rather a time to let things take their course. You should be able to get a better idea of what will come out of this. and this may be a sticking point.

You back up your promises with productive support.
240-270 Degrees (Conserve / Preserver) A time to take stock. whether financially or morally.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Moon in Taurus (Embody / Possess) You show your concern for something and that you really care by lending your support. Things are throttling down. and plug some of the leaks. Conservation. while you have plenty of energy and a growing understanding of your situation.
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. so you may want to conserve your gains. step back.

and take a more reflective and impersonal point of view. You could feel a growing sense of responsibility.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Moon in Gemini (Communication) You show that you care through contact.
270-300 Degrees (Public / Objective) A major turning point. and by keeping the channels of communication open and operating.
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. where you can just let go and find it easy to turn away from purely personal worries and memories. and a willingness to just grow up. by establishing closer connections.

and you show you concern directly. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them.
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. separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back. with your family and friends. the idea of care and care-taking starts at home.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Moon in Cancer (Feel / Experience) With you.
300-330 Degrees (Critical / Business) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand.

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Moon in Leo (Express / Awareness) You show that you care outwardly, and usually with great enthusiasm. You express your concern in very obvious and often creative ways.

330-360 Degrees (Encapsulate / Essence) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand, but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them, separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back.

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Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Moon in Virgo (Care / Conserving) You always care, and your concern is obvious to all who come to know you. You try to save every one and every cause, and make the most you can out of each.

0 to 30 Degrees (Envisioning / Ideas) You should be able to sense a new beginning, with some fresh ideas burning brightly, lighting up this time with clarity and visions of what can be accomplished. You can see what needs to be done right now, and also farther on up the road. You may feel inspired.

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Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Moon in Libra (Public / Partners) You show your concern and the fact that you care quite publicly and in ways society can see and understand.

30 to 60 Degrees (Planning) Putting new ideas to work is important here, using any and all the help you can get - very much community oriented. You want the new plans you are making to succeed and become manifest. However, this will not come about without and effort and there will be obstacles that will appear. Here is a chance to move beyond old habits (whatever may be obstructing your way)and actually push your plans forward toward action. But this will require patience and effort. It may not be easy. 326

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Moon in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Believe it or not your idea of caring and concern is to share your analysis of a situation, cutting through the chaff and getting right down to the kernel, every time.

60 to 90 Degrees (Sacrifice / Preparation) If you are looking for a time, when things free up a bit, and the going could be easier, this is it. Plan things out and get a better grip on the forces around you. For the sake of what you care for, better to let outmoded or unimportant things pass, and to look toward the goal. Keep your eye on the ball. This may require acceptance of "what is," a not perfect situation, in order to get your new plans launched.

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Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Moon in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) One thing you very much care for are spiritual ideas, whether philosophy or religion, and you show your concern for these subjects by how you value and protect them.

90-120 Degrees (Sign Progress / Achievement) This is one of those critical points, where continued effort and action on your part can make the difference and bring about real change, producing something that can't be easily ignored. The result of your plans and ideas should have established a foothold here. No time for hesitating, just do it.

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Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Moon in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) The fact that you care and just how much you care is perhaps most visible when you are in charge of some project, large or small, and in the midst of managing the situation.

120-150 Degrees (Embody / Building) By this point, things should be not only started, but well on their way, a good time to take control, and point things where you want them to go. This is a point of least resistance and solid momentum, so making a solid effort will take you a long way. Also this is the time to embody your ideas, to build them physically into something solid.

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Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Moon in Aquarius (Community / Plans) You care deeply and show your concern for anything that has to do with people coming together, with community and communities - people working together for a common goal.

150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up. Establish communications. Complete the detailed infrastructure. This is not so much a time to continue expanding, but rather one in which to do the finish work, and wrap the project up. Explore all the nooks and crannies, while you have the energy.

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Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Moon in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) You obviously care for life on this earth and for creature on the planet, and you show your concern daily, in your understanding, your readiness to accept others just as you are, and you willingness to sacrifice yourself for what you believe in.

180-210 Degrees (Experience It) Stop the engines, because this is it! Don't push on farther, because you have accomplished what is possible for this round. From here, you coast and experience things for a while. This is the fullness you have worked for, such as it can be. Just let go and ride.

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Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Aries (Initiate / Action) Your key to the public, whether that be fame or success, will be the result of your own actions, putting yourself forward, staking out a position, and generally being aggressive - action.

180-210 Degrees (Experience It) Stop the engines, because this is it! Don't push on farther, because you have accomplished what is possible for this round. From here, you coast and experience things for a while. This is the fullness you have worked for, such as it can be. Just let go and ride.

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but rather a time to let things take their course.
210-240 Degrees (Express / Teach It) You are in the thick of things. and the willingness to provide support and resources of one kind or another. And now is when you can own this event. by just riding it out.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Taurus (Embody / Possess) Public recognition will come to you by way of your productivity and general usefulness. to do more.
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. and this may be a sticking point. This is not the time for action. perhaps just starting to get a handle on what is going on around you. and feel confidence and pride in what you have done. You should be able to get a better idea of what will come out of this.

and plug some of the leaks. and your ability to communicate.oral or written. while you have plenty of energy and a growing understanding of your situation.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Gemini (Communication) The key to any kind of public recognition will come through communications.
240-270 Degrees (Conserve / Preserver) A time to take stock. You may be a successful writer. Things are throttling down. so you may want to conserve your gains.
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. speaking . step back. Conservation. whether that be through ideas. words.

where you can just let go and find it easy to turn away from purely personal worries and memories. either through your collective efforts or through one of your family members. You could feel a growing sense of responsibility.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Any public limelight or success will come to you through your home and family.
270-300 Degrees (Public / Objective) A major turning point.
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. and a willingness to just grow up. and take a more reflective and impersonal point of view.

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. teaching. theater. separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back. etc.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Leo (Express / Awareness) You will get public attention and perhaps some fame by way of your own creative expression. whatever allows you to fully and freely express your creativity..
300-330 Degrees (Critical / Business) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand. sports. music. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them. and this could be through the arts.

330-360 Degrees (Encapsulate / Essence) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand. separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them. your ability to care and attend to details in some care-related activity. whether in a health field or some activity requiring careful organization and tending.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Virgo (Care / Conserving) The public will recognize you and reward you with its attention by way of your curatorial abilities.#
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You are in the limelight. and society and the public at large is a natural area for you work in and shine.
0 to 30 Degrees (Envisioning / Ideas) You should be able to sense a new beginning.
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. with some fresh ideas burning brightly.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Libra (Public / Partners) You may well be a prominent public figure. and also farther on up the road. You may feel inspired. You can see what needs to be done right now. lighting up this time with clarity and visions of what can be accomplished.

getting right down to the nitty-gritty. this will not come about without and effort and there will be obstacles that will appear.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Scorpio (Business / Critical) You could receive public attention and probably some limelight through your business savvy and predilection for critical analysis . using any and all the help you can get . You want the new plans you are making to succeed and become manifest.
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30 to 60 Degrees (Planning) Putting new ideas to work is important here. However. Here is a chance to move beyond old habits (whatever may be obstructing your way)and actually push your plans forward toward action.very much community oriented.

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.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights But this will require patience and effort. It may not be easy.

and to look toward the goal.
60 to 90 Degrees (Sacrifice / Preparation) If you are looking for a time. This may require acceptance of "what is." a not perfect situation. and the going could be easier.
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. Keep your eye on the ball. better to let outmoded or unimportant things pass. and your abiding pursuit of these subjects. For the sake of what you care for. this is it.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Your share of fame and public limelight may come from your interest in spiritual and philosophical ideas. when things free up a bit. in order to get your new plans launched. Plan things out and get a better grip on the forces around you.

and perhaps even receive public recognition and your share of fame from your keen management abilities.
90-120 Degrees (Sign Progress / Achievement) This is one of those critical points. The result of your plans and ideas should have established a foothold here.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) You can shine. producing something that can't be easily ignored. where continued effort and action on your part can make the difference and bring about real change. complex operations.
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. No time for hesitating. your love of the practical. just do it. and being in charge of large.

The life of the community is a key element in your makeup. things should be not only started. to build them physically into something solid. and for the community. This is a point of least resistance and solid momentum. so making a solid effort will take you a long way.
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. Also this is the time to embody your ideas.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Aquarius (Community / Plans) You may receive public acknowledgement for your community service . and point things where you want them to go.
120-150 Degrees (Embody / Building) By this point.working in. but well on their way. with. a good time to take control.

while you have the energy. and your acceptance if difficult working conditions. Explore all the nooks and crannies. Complete the detailed infrastructure. your willingness to sacrifice yourself for what you believe in good.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) You may receive public recognition and your own share of fame for your kindness to others. but rather one in which to do the finish work. This is not so much a time to continue expanding. and wrap the project up.
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150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up. Establish communications.

while you have the energy. and wrap the project up.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Libra (Public / Partners) Moon in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) You may receive public recognition and your own share of fame for your kindness to others. Explore all the nooks and crannies. Establish communications.
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150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up. This is not so much a time to continue expanding. and your acceptance if difficult working conditions. but rather one in which to do the finish work. your willingness to sacrifice yourself for what you believe in good.

This is not so much a time to continue expanding. Complete the detailed infrastructure. Explore all the nooks and crannies. and taking positive steps is the key. making yourself known. while you have the energy.simple aggressiveness.
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. but rather one in which to do the finish work. Establish communications. and wrap the project up.
150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up. Staking out your territory.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Moon in Aries (Initiate / Action) The key to a successful business strategy for you has to do with direct action on your part .

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Moon in Taurus (Embody / Possess) The key to a successful business strategy for you has to do with your approach. one where you respond to what is presented to you. Your productivity and ability to respond (responsibility) is the key. you coast and experience things for a while. Just let go and ride. which should be one of listening. because this is it! Don't push on farther. This is the fullness you have worked for. such as it can be. and build from that. because you have accomplished what is possible for this round.
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180-210 Degrees (Experience It) Stop the engines. From here.

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. and this may be a sticking point. You should be able to get a better idea of what will come out of this. And now is when you can own this event. and concepts is the key. perhaps just starting to get a handle on what is going on around you.
210-240 Degrees (Express / Teach It) You are in the thick of things. but rather a time to let things take their course. This is not the time for action.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Moon in Gemini (Communication) The key to a successful business strategy for you has to do with keeping the lines of communication open and operational. to do more. words.

which could suggest a business arising from the family or some member of the family.
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. or having a home business . step back. Conservation. while you have plenty of energy and a growing understanding of your situation. and plug some of the leaks.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Moon in Cancer (Feel / Experience) The key to a successful business strategy for you has to do with your home and family. so you may want to conserve your gains.working at home.
240-270 Degrees (Conserve / Preserver) A time to take stock. Things are throttling down.

and a willingness to just grow up. so look for success in some field of creative express. sports. and take a more reflective and impersonal point of view. teaching what-have-you?
270-300 Degrees (Public / Objective) A major turning point. where you can just let go and find it easy to turn away from purely personal worries and memories.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Moon in Leo (Express / Awareness) The key to a successful business strategy for you will depend on your own natural creativity and the ability to express it.
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what we can call your curatorial skills. separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back.
300-330 Degrees (Critical / Business) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Moon in Virgo (Care / Conserving) The key to a successful business strategy for you will revolve around your natural sense of carefulness and attention to detail. Taking care and organizing things is the key. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them.
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Public visibility may be the key. getting out in society where you can see and be seen. separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Moon in Libra (Public / Partners) The key to a successful business strategy for you will probably have to do with the public.
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330-360 Degrees (Encapsulate / Essence) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand.

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0 to 30 Degrees (Envisioning / Ideas) You should be able to sense a new beginning. because when it comes to business savvy and skills.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Moon in Scorpio (Business / Critical) The key to a successful business strategy for you can be just about any business you come across. and also farther on up the road. You may feel inspired. with some fresh ideas burning brightly. You can see what needs to be done right now. lighting up this time with clarity and visions of what can be accomplished. you are a natural.

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30 to 60 Degrees (Planning) Putting new ideas to work is important here. Here is a chance to move beyond old habits (whatever may be obstructing your way)and actually push your plans forward toward action. You want the new plans you are making to succeed and become manifest. this will not come about without and effort and there will be obstacles that will appear. You attention to truth and honesty may also be your key to success. such as philosophy and/or religion.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Moon in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) The key to a successful business strategy for you may come from spiritual or inspirational themes. However. using any and all the help you can get .very much community oriented.

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and this ability could be the key to your success.
60 to 90 Degrees (Sacrifice / Preparation) If you are looking for a time. better to let outmoded or unimportant things pass. This may require acceptance of "what is. and the going could be easier. Keep your eye on the ball." a not perfect situation.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Moon in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) The key to a successful business strategy depends on your management skills. Plan things out and get a better grip on the forces around you. For the sake of what you care for. and the skillful use of these skill. this is it. when things free up a bit. 356
. You naturally manage well. in order to get your new plans launched. and to look toward the goal.

You have natural skills. producing something that can't be easily ignored. in. No time for hesitating. where continued effort and action on your part can make the difference and bring about real change. and for a community. and this can lead to real success.
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.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Moon in Aquarius (Community / Plans) The key to a successful business strategy depends on your relationship to community and everything communal. when it comes to working with.
90-120 Degrees (Sign Progress / Achievement) This is one of those critical points. just do it. The result of your plans and ideas should have established a foothold here.

Also this is the time to embody your ideas. a good time to take control. so making a solid effort will take you a long way. and point things where you want them to go. This is a point of least resistance and solid momentum. but well on their way. and your ability to sacrifice yourself for the goals you seek. things should be not only started.
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120-150 Degrees (Embody / Building) By this point. to build them physically into something solid. Success through a bit of long-suffering.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Moon in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) The key to a successful business strategy for you depends on your being patient and accepting of bumps in the road.

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. This is a point of least resistance and solid momentum. and point things where you want them to go. you find truth in action and plenty of it. Not one to passively sit by. so making a solid effort will take you a long way. a good time to take control. things should be not only started.

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Establish communications.
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.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Moon in Taurus (Embody / Possess) Your idea of religion and the spiritual life may come from the support and nourishment you bring to others or to whatever areas in you life call for assistance. while you have the energy. You find peace through productivity. building things up. and being of use. This is not so much a time to continue expanding. and wrap the project up. Explore all the nooks and crannies. Complete the detailed infrastructure. but rather one in which to do the finish work.
150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up.

180-210 Degrees (Experience It) Stop the engines. whether spoken or written. you coast and experience things for a while. such as it can be. From here. Just let go and ride. to be a touchstone to truth. You find communicating. This is the fullness you have worked for. because you have accomplished what is possible for this round.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Moon in Gemini (Communication) Your idea of religion and the spiritual life may well come more from your sense of communication and staying in touch with those around you. rather than from church. because this is it! Don't push on farther.
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but rather a time to let things take their course. by just riding it out. and this may be a sticking point. And now is when you can own this event.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Moon in Cancer (Feel / Experience) Your idea of religion and the spiritual life may well be the home and family you hold dear.
210-240 Degrees (Express / Teach It) You are in the thick of things. This is not the time for action. You should be able to get a better idea of what will come out of this. to do more.
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. perhaps just starting to get a handle on what is going on around you. and feel confidence and pride in what you have done. and no church is as close to your heart and soul as your loved ones.

but in your own creativity and in the many ways you express that creativity .
240-270 Degrees (Conserve / Preserver) A time to take stock. music. theater. step back. while you have plenty of energy and a growing understanding of your situation. etc.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Moon in Leo (Express / Awareness) Your idea of religion and the spiritual life may not so much be in church. Conservation. This is one place you find peace. Things are throttling down. so you may want to conserve your gains.the arts. writing.
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. and plug some of the leaks.

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Moon in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Your idea of religion and the spiritual life may be found more in your daily routine and the details of life. rather than just in church. You find peace through caring for things and people. and take a more reflective and impersonal point of view. doing what you can to sustain and make the most of life's opportunities. You could feel a growing sense of responsibility.
270-300 Degrees (Public / Objective) A major turning point.
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. and a willingness to just grow up. where you can just let go and find it easy to turn away from purely personal worries and memories.

Being out in society.
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.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Moon in Libra (Public / Partners) Your idea of religion and the spiritual life may be found more in public life. separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back. is a source of inspiration and even peace for you. than just at Sunday service. active in the public eye.
300-330 Degrees (Critical / Business) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them.

You may also probe into the esoteric and occult.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Moon in Scorpio (Business / Critical) Your idea of religion and the spiritual life may be found as much in the world of business around you as in going to church once a week. separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back. You find inspiration and even peace in the day-to-day transactions of dong business. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them.
330-360 Degrees (Encapsulate / Essence) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand.
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You may feel inspired. in whatever flavor you prefer. lighting up this time with clarity and visions of what can be accomplished. with some fresh ideas burning brightly.
0 to 30 Degrees (Envisioning / Ideas) You should be able to sense a new beginning. Religion. and also farther on up the road.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Moon in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Your idea of religion and the spiritual life is probably pretty traditional and you take to philosophy and spiritual ideas like a duck to water. You can see what needs to be done right now. is natural to you.
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this will not come about without and effort and there will be obstacles that will appear. However. You find inspiration in the practical workings of everyday existence.
30 to 60 Degrees (Planning) Putting new ideas to work is important here. using any and all the help you can get .Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Moon in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) Your idea of religion and the spiritual life may not only be restricted to a church service. and find peace in managing all the details that require your attention.very much community oriented. You want the new plans you are making to succeed and become manifest. Here is a chance to move beyond old habits (whatever may be obstructing your 369
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But this will require patience and effort. It may not be easy.
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Keep your eye on the ball. Plan things out and get a better grip on the forces around you." a not perfect situation. and you also serve that community with reverence. 371
. You find inspiration. This may require acceptance of "what is.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Moon in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Your idea of religion and the spiritual life may not so much be limited to Sunday school. For the sake of what you care for. and the going could be easier. and true peace and joy in the community around you. in order to get your new plans launched. and to look toward the goal. when things free up a bit. better to let outmoded or unimportant things pass. this is it.
60 to 90 Degrees (Sacrifice / Preparation) If you are looking for a time.

just do it.
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. You are at church all the time. The result of your plans and ideas should have established a foothold here. No time for hesitating. longsuffering. where continued effort and action on your part can make the difference and bring about real change. producing something that can't be easily ignored.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) Moon in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) Your idea of religion and the spiritual life may not be limited to Sunday church.
90-120 Degrees (Sign Progress / Achievement) This is one of those critical points. and you demonstrate this by the patience. and acceptance you show to your fellow man.

and in the process of asserting yourself. in motion.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) Moon in Aries (Initiate / Action) You have true insight and are at your most practical when you are involved in action.
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. where continued effort and action on your part can make the difference and bring about real change. The result of your plans and ideas should have established a foothold here. No time for hesitating. producing something that can't be easily ignored. You dare. just do it.
90-120 Degrees (Sign Progress / Achievement) This is one of those critical points.

120-150 Degrees (Embody / Building) By this point. You have the ability to respond.
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. but well on their way. and point things where you want them to go. things should be not only started. so making a solid effort will take you a long way. to build them physically into something solid.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) Moon in Taurus (Embody / Possess) You have true insight and are at your most practical when you feel useful. are busy and productive. Also this is the time to embody your ideas. and most of all: responsible. This is a point of least resistance and solid momentum. a good time to take control.

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. This is not so much a time to continue expanding. Explore all the nooks and crannies. Complete the detailed infrastructure.written or spoken. while you have the energy.
150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up. but rather one in which to do the finish work. Establish communications. and wrap the project up.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) Moon in Gemini (Communication) You have your truest insights and are probably at your most practical when you are making connections and involved in communicating with others .

This is the fullness you have worked for. You probably bring new meaning to the term "family management. such as it can be.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) Moon in Cancer (Feel / Experience) You have your truest insights and are probably at your most practical when you at home and with your family. because you have accomplished what is possible for this round. because this is it! Don't push on farther. From here." You love it.
180-210 Degrees (Experience It) Stop the engines. you coast and experience things for a while. Just let go and ride.
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And now is when
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. teaching . perhaps just starting to get a handle on what is going on around you. but rather a time to let things take their course. This is not the time for action. and this may be a sticking point. You naturally manage your own creativity. music. by just riding it out.what have you?
210-240 Degrees (Express / Teach It) You are in the thick of things. whether that be through the arts.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) Moon in Leo (Express / Awareness) You have your truest insights and are probably at your most practical when you are involved in some form of creative expression. sports. theater. to do more. You should be able to get a better idea of what will come out of this.

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. and feel confidence and pride in what you have done.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights you can own this event.

240-270 Degrees (Conserve / Preserver) A time to take stock. Conservation. and plug some of the leaks. so you may want to conserve your gains.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) Moon in Virgo (Care / Conserving) You have your truest insights and are probably at your most practical when you are managing the details of some project or another. while you have plenty of energy and a growing understanding of your situation. step back. in particular when it involves caring for and protecting some person or thing.
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and a willingness to just grow up. You take to public life like a fish to water at these times. and take a more reflective and impersonal point of view.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) Moon in Libra (Public / Partners) You have your truest insights and are probably at your most practical when you are involved with the public. where you can just let go and find it easy to turn away from purely personal worries and memories.
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. preferably in some management position or another. You could feel a growing sense of responsibility.
270-300 Degrees (Public / Objective) A major turning point.

separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back. and are a natural manager when it comes to business.
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. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) Moon in Scorpio (Business / Critical) You have your truest insights and are probably at your most practical when embroiled in one aspect of the business world or another. You love it.
300-330 Degrees (Critical / Business) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand.

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330-360 Degrees (Encapsulate / Essence) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) Moon in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) You have your truest insights and are probably at your most practical when contemplating some philosophical or spiritual topic .religious or otherwise. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them. You love to manage and work with these subjects. separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back.

you are a natural and have a real gift. and also farther on up the road. with some fresh ideas burning brightly.
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. lighting up this time with clarity and visions of what can be accomplished. whether simple or complex. You can see what needs to be done right now. When it comes to managing things.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) Moon in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) You have your truest insights and are probably at your most practical when involved in some management task. You may feel inspired.
0 to 30 Degrees (Envisioning / Ideas) You should be able to sense a new beginning.

At these times. you really come alive.very much community oriented. 384
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30 to 60 Degrees (Planning) Putting new ideas to work is important here. using any and all the help you can get . You want the new plans you are making to succeed and become manifest. this will not come about without and effort and there will be obstacles that will appear.

It may not be easy.
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Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) Moon in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) You have your truest insights and are probably at your most practical when involved in helping some person or worthy cause. this is it. This may require acceptance of "what is. 386
. better to let outmoded or unimportant things pass. in order to get your new plans launched. and the going could be easier. and sharing your understanding. For the sake of what you care for. giving of yourself. Keep your eye on the ball. when things free up a bit." a not perfect situation.
60 to 90 Degrees (Sacrifice / Preparation) If you are looking for a time. Plan things out and get a better grip on the forces around you. and to look toward the goal. making sacrifices.

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when things free up a bit. For the sake of what you care for. This may require acceptance of "what is. this is it.
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. in order to get your new plans launched. better to let outmoded or unimportant things pass. but tend to jump in aggressively and do something. You don't stand passively by. Keep your eye on the ball. and to look toward the goal. Plan things out and get a better grip on the forces around you.
60 to 90 Degrees (Sacrifice / Preparation) If you are looking for a time.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Moon in Aries (Initiate / Action) You show your altruism and sense of community and by taking real action. and the going could be easier." a not perfect situation.

just do it.
90-120 Degrees (Sign Progress / Achievement) This is one of those critical points. by giving a hand. producing something that can't be easily ignored.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Moon in Taurus (Embody / Possess) You show your altruism and sense of community and by lending your support. The result of your plans and ideas should have established a foothold here. No time for hesitating. and generally being productive. pitching in.
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. where continued effort and action on your part can make the difference and bring about real change.

so making a solid effort will take you a long way. and networking. Also this is the time to embody your ideas. by sharing information. things should be not only started.
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. a good time to take control.
120-150 Degrees (Embody / Building) By this point. but well on their way. This is a point of least resistance and solid momentum.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Moon in Gemini (Communication) You show your altruism and sense of community by keeping the lines of communication open. and point things where you want them to go. to build them physically into something solid.

while you have the energy. You make it one big home and family. Complete the detailed infrastructure.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Moon in Cancer (Feel / Experience) You show your altruism and sense of community by extending your own very evident sense of home and family to the community at large.
150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up. but rather one in which to do the finish work. Explore all the nooks and crannies. and wrap the project up. Establish communications. This is not so much a time to continue expanding.
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such as it can be.
180-210 Degrees (Experience It) Stop the engines. From here. because this is it! Don't push on farther. you coast and experience things for a while. because you have accomplished what is possible for this round. This is the fullness you have worked for. and in creative ways. Just let go and ride.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Moon in Leo (Express / Awareness) You show your altruism and sense of community by sharing your own creativity and helping to better express the community concerns.
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And now is when you can own this event. by just riding it out. 393
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210-240 Degrees (Express / Teach It) You are in the thick of things. perhaps just starting to get a handle on what is going on around you. to do more. attending to details.people and things. This is not the time for action.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Moon in Virgo (Care / Conserving) You show your altruism and sense of community by helping out in the care department. looking after just about everything . and feel confidence and pride in what you have done. and this may be a sticking point. like a mother hen. but rather a time to let things take their course. and. You should be able to get a better idea of what will come out of this.

240-270 Degrees (Conserve / Preserver) A time to take stock. step back.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Moon in Libra (Public / Partners) You show your altruism and sense of community by assuming a public and prominent role in that community .a community leader. so you may want to conserve your gains. Things are throttling down. and plug some of the leaks. while you have plenty of energy and a growing understanding of your situation. Conservation.
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You could feel a growing sense of responsibility.
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. and a willingness to just grow up. You dig right in and sort out the wheat from the chaff. and take a more reflective and impersonal point of view.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Moon in Scorpio (Business / Critical) You show your altruism and sense of community by getting into the real nuts and bolts of the business end of community affairs. where you can just let go and find it easy to turn away from purely personal worries and memories.
270-300 Degrees (Public / Objective) A major turning point.

300-330 Degrees (Critical / Business) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand.
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. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them. whether religious or philosophical.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Moon in Sagittarius (Direct / Religion) You show your altruism and sense of community by bringing folks together and uniting them in the common spiritual goals they share. separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back.

separating the good parts and culling out the whatever is excessive and holding you back. which is a natural for you. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Moon in Capricorn (Manage / Practical) You show your altruism and sense of community by taking over some of the management chores.
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330-360 Degrees (Encapsulate / Essence) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand. You help in community management.

alternatives that broaden and enrich the sense of what a community is all about. You may feel inspired.
0 to 30 Degrees (Envisioning / Ideas) You should be able to sense a new beginning. You can see what needs to be done right now. and also farther on up the road. with some fresh ideas burning brightly.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Sun in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Moon in Aquarius (Community / Plans) You show your altruism and sense of community by bringing to the community. lighting up this time with clarity and visions of what can be accomplished. new alternatives.
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very much community oriented.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Moon in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) You show your altruism and sense of community by giving of yourself. demonstrating to others the value of patience. this will not come about without and effort and there will be obstacles that will appear. tirelessly. and self-sacrifice.
30 to 60 Degrees (Planning) Putting new ideas to work is important here. acceptance. However. Here is a chance to move beyond old habits (whatever may be obstructing your way)and actually push your plans forward toward action.
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. You want the new plans you are making to succeed and become manifest. using any and all the help you can get .

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights But this will require patience and effort.
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of enduring what is hard to endure. You act. You don't just stand there and take it. taking action. using any and all the help you can get .Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) Moon in Aries (Initiate / Action) Your way of acceptance. Here is a chance to move beyond old habits (whatever may be obstructing your way)and actually push your plans forward toward action. involves doing something about it. this will not come about without and effort and there will be obstacles that will appear. but jump right in and are counted. You want the new plans you are making to succeed and become manifest.very much community oriented. However. 401
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30 to 60 Degrees (Planning) Putting new ideas to work is important here.

It may not be easy.
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.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights But this will require patience and effort.

is by being productive . and the going could be easier.producing. This may require acceptance of "what is. For the sake of what you care for. You naturally respond to hard times by lending your support." a not perfect situation. better to let outmoded or unimportant things pass. Plan things out and get a better grip on the forces around you. this is it. in order to get your new plans launched.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) Moon in Taurus (Embody / Possess) Your way of acceptance. when things free up a bit.
60 to 90 Degrees (Sacrifice / Preparation) If you are looking for a time. of enduring what is hard to endure in life.
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. Keep your eye on the ball. and to look toward the goal.

where continued effort and action on your part can make the difference and bring about real change.
90-120 Degrees (Sign Progress / Achievement) This is one of those critical points. is by sharing information with others. The result of your plans and ideas should have established a foothold here. of enduring what is hard to endure in life. No time for hesitating.
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120-150 Degrees (Embody / Building) By this point. things should be not only started. you can put up with almost anything. and embrace them.

Establish communications. Explore all the nooks and crannies. where everyone can see it.
150-180 Degrees (Connect / Communications) Connect it up. while you have the energy.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) Moon in Leo (Express / Awareness) Your way of acceptance. This is not so much a time to continue expanding. of enduring what is hard to endure in life. You stand up to life's tribulations by expressing yourself. Complete the detailed infrastructure. but rather one in which to do the finish work. is through creativity. Creative.
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From here. because you have accomplished what is possible for this round. of enduring what is hard to endure in life. you coast and experience things for a while.
180-210 Degrees (Experience It) Stop the engines. is through compassion. by being even more careful and considerate. This is the fullness you have worked for. Just let go and ride. You respond to life's challenge by attending to the details. such as it can be. love.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) Moon in Virgo (Care / Conserving) Your way of acceptance. because this is it! Don't push on farther. and care.
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Management. but have the insight and energy to actually do something about them. You can always manage.
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300-330 Degrees (Critical / Business) You should be able to not only see the problems at hand.

Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Sun in Pisces (Acceptance / Psychology) Moon in Aquarius (Community / Plans) Your way of acceptance, of enduring what is hard to endure in life, involves community and sharing ideas and problems with the community around you. A sense of community.

330-360 Degrees (Encapsulate / Essence) At more inward time, ignoring the external world, and give attention to the things the really matter, and that will last.

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0 to 30 Degrees (Envisioning / Ideas) You should be able to sense a new beginning, with some fresh ideas burning brightly, lighting up this time with clarity and visions of what can be accomplished. You can see what needs to be done right now, and also farther on up the road. You may feel inspired.

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Sun in Aries (Natal) A natural leader and initiator, aggressive and perhaps sometimes even a little too much in your face, but never afraid to act, and always the first to jump into any kind of action, no matter where it may lead. Could be an adventurer and pioneer, and always out front and very much visible to all. Sun in Aries (Transit) This is a time when you can be a natural leader and initiator, aggressive and perhaps sometimes even a little too much in your face, but not afraid to act, and right now always the first to jump into any kind of action, no matter where it may lead. During this time you could be

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Sun in Taurus (Natal) Naturally receptive, and probably a good listener too, able to catch any stray ideas or impulses and embody them - build them into something solid. You are, above all, a producer and developer, giving shape to concepts and plans, making them real. Fertile ground. Sun in Taurus (Transit) A time when you may be naturally receptive, and probably a good listener too, able to catch any stray ideas or impulses and embody them - build them into something solid. You are, right now, above all, a producer and developer, giving shape to concepts and plans, making them real. Fertile ground.

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Sun in Gemini (Natal) Naturally curious, you are a born communicator and investigator, happily searching out leads, and pursuing all avenues of communications to the limit. Ideas, thoughts, and conversation - communication of all kinds - are what keep you motivated, and on track. Sun in Gemini (Transit) Naturally curious, this is a time when you can be a communicator and investigator, happily searching out leads, and pursuing all avenues of communications to the limit. Ideas, thoughts, and conversation communication of all kinds - are what keep you motivated, and on track.

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Sun in Cancer (Natal) Very direct when it comes to home and family, which are number one on your list. In fact, security in general is very important. You like to be on the inside looking out, knowing that you are safe and well protected. Too much public attention probably makes you nervous, and some shyness is just part of your nature. Sun in Cancer (Transit) Very direct just now, when it comes to home and family, which are number one on your list. In fact, security in general is very important during this time. You like to be on the inside looking out, knowing that you are safe and well protected. Too much public attention probably just now makes you nervous, and some shyness is just part of your nature.

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Sun in Leo (Natal) You naturally like to express yourself, whether just what you are feeling that day or some more creative process, like theater, speaking, and the arts, in general. Your enthusiasm is catching, and your are proud of what you know and have become aware of. You enjoy telling what you know to others, and would probably make a good teacher. Sun in Leo (Transit) During this time, you may naturally like to express yourself, whether just what you are feeling today or some more creative process, like theater, speaking, and the arts, in general. Your enthusiasm is catching, and your are proud of what you know and have become aware of. You enjoy telling what you know to others.

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Sun in Virgo (Natal) You are a natural conservative, not necessarily politically speaking, but in your approach to caring for everything around you, always trying to make the best of a situation and conserving resources. You are probably just a bit too cautious to throw caution to the wind, and just let it all hang out. You are generally compassionate, have a natural sense of impermanence and the preciousness of life, and gravitate to detailoriented tasks. Sun in Virgo (Transit) You are more naturally conservative just now, not necessarily politically speaking, but in your approach to caring for everything around you, always trying to make the best of a situation and conserving resources. You are probably just a bit too cautious to throw caution to the wind, and just let it all hang out. During this time, you may be generally compassionate, have a natural 419

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Sun in Scorpio (Natal) Beyond polite appearances. Sun in Scorpio (Transit) You are beyond polite appearances just now. A natural businessman. where the beans are counted. and know just what has value and what should be abandoned and stripped away.

religion. religion. at times almost to the point of rudeness. This penchant for frankness extends to questions of philosophy.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Sun in Sagittarius (Natal) Direct. at this time almost to the point of rudeness. which are important elements in your life.
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and are happiest when you are behind the wheel. easily grasp the big picture. happiest when you are behind the wheel. Sun in Capricorn (Transit) A may feel like a natural born manager just now. and in charge of a situation. Very practical. You tend to have a clear vision of what is going on. Very practical. easily grasp the big picture. and like to take control of things. and in charge of a situation. and have all kinds of ideas that you would like to see implemented.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
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Putting these plans into motion is more than you one person can possible handle. can possible handle. Putting these plans into motion is more than you. and this community orientation and selflessness on your part is clear to all. It will take everyone's help to make a difference. and you naturally reach out to the entire community for help.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
Sun in Aquarius (Natal) You have many plans and ideas on how to improve life on this planet. and can't wait to see them implemented. you have many plans and ideas on how to improve life on this planet. one person. and can't wait to see them implemented. Sun in Aquarius (Transit) During this time. and you naturally reach out to the entire community for help. You could feel that it will take everyone's help to make a
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Moon in Aries (Natal) When it comes to support and nurturing. you may at this time feel you have been given short shrift. because your support environment may be somewhat austere. You are a natural soldier.
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Moon in Cancer (Transit) Right now. not only of who you are. this is an essential part. Everyone loves home and family. Everyone loves home and family. but where you can look to for resources. not only of who you are. but in your case. but in your case at this time. in general. but where you can look to for resources. one area in your life you can look to (and count on ) for support is family and (probably) your home environment.
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Moon in Leo (Transit) Many people look to creativity for release and selfexpression. and the same is true for you.the arts. you can (and should) also look to creative expression for sustenance.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
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is an arena just now not only feels natural to you. but rather is open and public is an arena that is not only natural to you. Moon in Libra (Transit) Society.
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but an area of life where you are nourished and find support. right now you naturally tend toward spiritual ideas. This is more than just a passing interest. to matters of support and nurturing. to matters of support and nurturing. and perhaps your livelihood . and perhaps your livelihood. whether in the form of philosophy or religion of one sort or another. Moon in Sagittarius (Transit) When it comes to sustenance. you naturally tend toward spiritual ideas. whether in the form of philosophy or religion of one sort or another.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights
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It is the community where you look for an environment where you can grow and prosper. you may find it right now in society at large the community. Moon in Aquarius (Transit) Where others find support and nourishment in home and family. It is the community where you look for an environment where you can grow and prosper.
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. computerized astrology. and interpretation. Now. teacher. as an author. adding perception and incisive practical analyses to modern. for a second generation of astrologers and their public. programmer. personal consultant. Erlewine‟s genius continues with StarTypes … and it‟s simply amazing!” A Brief Bio of Michael Erlewine Michael Erlewine has studied and practiced astrology for over 40 years. and has been the formative and leading light of astrology‟s modern growth.

on microcomputers and make those programs available to his fellow astrologers. Along the way Matrix produced programs that spoke astrology (audio). went on to revolutionize astrology by producing. This was in 1977. first high resolution chart wheels. and many other pioneering feats. first research system. are the two oldest software companies still on the Internet. and scores of on online awards. and his company. since 1969. the first written astrological reports. and on and on. Michael. infomercials. Michael Erlewine has produced and put on more than 36 conferences in the areas of astrology and Buddhism. along with Microsoft. soon joined by his astrologer-brother Stephen Erlewine. geographic and star maps. personal astrological videos.
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others for many years.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Personal Astrology Readings Michael Erlewine has been doing personal astrology readings for almost forty years and enjoys sharing his knowledge with others. However.net) him if you wish a personal chart reading. Astrologers. the Heart Center has been a
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so contact ahead of time if you wish to visit.net. the current library project is the scanning of the Table of Contents for all major books and periodicals on astrology.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights home for a wide group of individuals. and probably the world. Meticulously catalogued.
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The All-Music Guide / All-Movie Guide Michael Erlewine's devotion to studying and playing the music of Black Americans. led to his traveling to small blues clubs of Chicago and hearing live. blues greats like Little Walter. Magic Sam. with an audio recorder. in particular blues. and later on with video. With their extensive knowledge of the blues music. in 1969 and 1970. and many others. and than later at the Ann Arbor Blues & Jazz Festivals. Michael went on to interview most of the performers in these early festivals. Big Walter Horton. The interviewing led to more study and ultimately resulted in Michael founding and developing AMG. the first electric blues festivals of any size ever held in North America. Much of this interviewing took place at the Ann Arbor Blues Festivals. Erlewine and his brother Daniel were asked to play host to the score or so of professional blues musicians and their bands. They were in charge of serving them food and (of course) drink. He went on to interview many dozens of performers. 446
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Erlewine started from a one-room office. Erlewine insisted on treating all artists equally. and the reviewers and music aficionados of the time laughed at his attempt to cover all music. Later. review guides like the "Rolling Stones Record Guide" were run by a few sophisticated reviewers. not if the artist is better or worse than Jimmie Hendrix or Bob Dylan. Michael points out. today the largest single database of music reviews and documentation on the planet. "All of us deserve to have access to our own popular culture. As Erlewine writes. Erlewine sold AMG in 1996. AMG reviews can be found everywhere across the Internet. and also flourished. During the time he owned and ran AMG. Previous to AMG. and the emphasis was on the expertise of the reviewer.000 of them. These guides changed the way music was reviewed and rated. what can be important.” Today. before the World Wide Web even existed-a database of popular music for all music lovers. Over the years AMG grew. and 500 free-lance writers. devoted to the history and documentation of rock n' roll posters. and their point of view. is to find the best music any artist has produced.com. That is what AMG and ClassicPosters. Erlewine would create ClassicPosters. some 35. But he persisted. Erlewine's music
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Buddhism was one of many ideas we stayed up late.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights collection is housed in an AMG warehouse. in 1974 that I understood Buddhism as not just Philosophy. and early 1960. poetry. learning church Latin. Here are his own words: “Back in the late 1950s. other than the path of faith. I hung onto that faith as long as I could. drank lots of coffee. numbering almost 500. along with existentialism. I had not been given any kind of a path.
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I didn‟t even understand what I was learning. NY. I begin to understand a lot more of what I had read. All that I know was that I was learning about myself. “After that meeting. Meeting Rinpoche was life-changing. I got to be his chauffer for a weekend.
Heart Center Symbol “It was not long after that we started the Heart Center Meditation Center here in Big Rapids. the abbot of Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monstery. Trungpa took me into a small room for a couple of hours and taught me to meditate. in the mountains above Woodstock. Khenpo Karthar. but it was almost ten years later that I met my teacher. Trungpa provided that spark. “More important: only about an hour after we met.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights “I had been trying to learn the basics of Tibetan Buddhism before I met Trungpa Rinpoche. but the spark that welded all of that together was missing. which is still
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My wife and I became more and more involved with the monastery in New York. We published many sadhanas. the traditional Buddhist practice texts. a mailorder dharma goods business that helped practitioners find the meditation materials they might need. Some years ago. Our center in Big Rapids has a separate building as a shrine room and even a small Stupa. We helped to raise the funds to build a 3-year retreat in upstate New York. one for men and one for women. and a second trip that followed some years later. Rinpoche surprised my wife and I by telling us we should go to Tibet and meet His Holiness the 17th Karmapa. pictures are shown below.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights going today. turned out to be pilgrimages that were also life changing. Years have gone by. in print and on audio tape. and that we should go right away. and I hate to leave the house! That trip.”
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. in an attempt to catch a ride on the tail end of the Beatnik era. Erlewine. Like many other people his age. Joan Baez. and he was a little late for that. and then more extensively with guitar virtuoso and instrumentalist Perry Lederman. but right on time for the folk music revival that was just beginning to bloom at that time. Cambridge. Erlewine helped to put on Dylan‟s first concert in Ann Arbor. who also played folk guitar. and the County Gentlemen. in Santa Monica. There was a wellbeaten track on which traveled the young folk musicians of the future. when he dropped out of high school and hitchhiked to Venice West. He hung out with people like Ramblin‟ Jack Elliot. This was 1960. The New Lost City Ramblers. California. Erlewine traveled from college center to center across the nation: Ann Arbor. Berkeley. hitchhiked for a stint with a young Bob Dylan.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights Music Career
Michael Erlewine‟s career in music started early on. and Greenwich Village.

Michael and his brother Dan were invited to help host the first major electric blues festival in the United States. Michael interviewed (audio and video) most of the players at the first two Ann Arbor Blues Festivals. where the band spent 1967. Hutto. Freddie king. Bobby Bland. they included: Big Joe Turner. He still plays. Light-nin‟ Hopkins. Clifton Chenier. John Lee hooker. one of which is shown below. and his stint in the band was how he got the name Iggy. Arthur. for example. Albert King. and even traveled as far as the West Coast. Michael Erlewine. opening for Eric Clapton and Cream. and a few others formed the first new-style band in the Midwest. Buddy Guy. Sleepy John Estes.B King. his brother Daniel. They got to wine and dine the performers. Erlewine was also the manager of the band. and bands began to break up. Iggy Pop was their drummer. Howlin‟ wolf. Jimmy Dawkins. the same year that the Grateful Dead were forming. the Prime Movers Blues Band. and generally look after them. in particular blues. As the 60s wound down. Because of their knowledge of blues and the players. the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival. the “summer of Love. Crudup. Sam Lay. B.B. Erlewine was still studying the music of American Blacks. and personally designed and silkscreened the band‟s posters. Luther Allison. Michael was the band‟s lead singer. The Prime Movers became a seminal band throughout the Midwest. Pee Wee Crayton. at the Filmore Auditorium. James Cotton.” playing at all of the famous clubs.Mother Moon: The Astrology of the Lights In 1965. Carey Bell. and played amplified Chicago-style blues harmonica. J. This was the beginning of the hippie era. 452
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